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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1988
THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT SINCE DECEMBER 1967 IT HAS OPERATED A VACCINATION PROGRAMME AGAINST MEASLES FOR BABIES, AS PART OF ITS CHILDHOOD COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME.
UNDER THIS VACCINATION PROGRAMME, PARENTS ARE ADVISED TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN, WHEN THEY REACH 12 MONTHS, то THE NEAREST MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRES FOR VACCINATION.
TO DATE, THE MEASLES VACCINATION PROGRAMME HAS COVERED OVER
80 PER CENT OF THE CHILDREN BORN IN HONG KONG.
HOWEVER, SOME PARENTS HAVE NOT MADE USE OF THE IMMUNISATION
PROGRAMME.
IN VIEW OF THE CURRENT OUTBREAK, THE DEPARTMENT HAS ADVANCED THE AGE OF VACCINATION TO SIX MONTHS INSTEAD OF 12 MONTHS.
PARENTS WHO WISH TO HAVE THEIR BABIES VACCINATED SHOULD TAKE THEM TO THE NEAREST MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRES.
MADE FOR
AT THE SAME TIME, SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING VACCINATION OF CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN SIX AND 14 WHO RECEIVED A MEASLES VACCINATION OR HAVE NOT HAD MEASLES BEFORE.
HAVE NO'T
THEY CAN NOW BE GIVEN A VACCINATION AT FIVE SPECIALLY
DESIGNATED CENTRES STARTING FROM TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
THESE VACCINATION CENTRES ARE THE OUTPATIENT CLINICS AT: TANG SHIU KIN HOSPITAL, YAU MA TEI JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC, KWUN TONG JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC, LADY TRENCH POLYCLINIC AND LEK YURN HEALTH CENTRE.
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WERE VACCINATED
PARENTS ARE ALSO ADVISED THAT CHILDREN BEFORE THEY WERE ONE YEAR OLD SHOULD BE GIVEN A ROOSTER VACCINATION AT THE MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRES IF THEY ARE UNDER FIVE YEARS, OR AT THE SPECIALLY DESIGNATED CENTRES IF THEY ARE OVER FIVE.
THE LAST OUTBREAK OF MEASLES IN HONG KONG OCCURRED IN 1982 WHEN A TOTAL OF 1,863 CASES WERE REPORTED, WITH FIVE DEATHS.
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