COVID-19 vaccines for children available from October 29

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) said today (October 26) that COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 6 months to 11 years under the Government's COVID-19 Vaccination Programme have arrived in Hong Kong. Members of the public can make appointments for eligible children through the Government's online booking platform starting from tomorrow (October 27) at noon. "Scientific evidence shows that COVID-19 vaccines are effective in reducing the risk of severe disease and death. Although COVID-19 has become a common respiratory infection in Hong Kong and around the world, certain high-risk individuals, especially young children, who have not received their initial dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and have not developed immunity through natural infection, face a higher risk of serious complications if they become infected. The World Health Organization (WHO), the Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases and the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases (JSC) under the CHP earlier recommended that COVID-19 vaccines of the LP.8.1, XFG or NB.1.8.1 lineages may be used in the 2026/27 season. In accordance with the above recommendations,

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