Hongkongers urged to get vaccinated as city enters flu season

[HKFP] - 01/9/2025

Hong Kong’s Department of Health has urged residents, especially the elderly and children, to get vaccinated as the city enters influenza season. Flu and other respiratory infectious diseases are expected to increase further as the weather becomes colder, Edwin Tsui, controller of the Centre for (…)



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