Hong Kong health authorities have warned parents not to “blindly follow” overseas changes to childhood immunisation schedules, including the flu and hepatitis B birth dose, after the US scaled back its routine vaccine recommendations for infants.
The Health Department’s Centre for Health Protection issued the warning on Wednesday in response to a controversial overhaul by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Albert Au Ka-wing, head of the Centre for Health Protection’s…
‘Don’t blindly follow’ US changes to infant vaccines, Hong Kong tells parents
