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Advance flu shots, Hong Kong doctors tell parents and schools after girl’s death

Hong Kong schools and parents should bring forward vaccination appointments for children and strengthen control measures, infectious disease specialists have said, warning that influenza B is just as dangerous as influenza A. They issued the call on Monday, after a 13-year-old girl who had not received the seasonal influenza vaccination died in hospital on Sunday following an influenza B infection. The case is the first paediatric flu-related death in Hong Kong this year. “School administrations...


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