Single Dose Double Protection - Pregnant Women Receive Seasonal Influenza Vaccination
(Source of information provided by the Centre for Health Protection, the Department of Health)
Protect yourself. Protect your baby. Get vaccinated against seasonal influenza.
The Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases recommends pregnant women to be one of the priority groups to receive seasonal influenza vaccination so as to protect them from seasonal influenza and its complications. Vaccination is effective and safe to the pregnant mother and her baby.
Influenza vaccination in pregnant women has shown benefits for both mother and child in terms of reduced acute respiratory infections. The World Health Organization considers inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine is safe for use at any gestational age of pregnancy and there is no evidence indicating such vaccine is teratogenic even when given during the first trimester. Recombinant influenza vaccine is not contraindicated in pregnancy. However, live attenuated influenza vaccine should not be used in pregnant women. Pregnant women should consult obstetrics and gynaecology doctors for any queries.
To encourage pregnant women to receive seasonal influenza vaccination, the Government will provide free or subsidised seasonal influenza vaccination to pregnant women who are Hong Kong residents. For details, please refer to Centre for Health Protection website https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/features/18884.html
In Hong Kong, influenza is usually more common in periods from January to March/April and from July to August. It takes about two weeks after vaccination for antibodies to develop in the body. Get vaccinated early to ensure protection.
Centre for Health Protection website
www.chp.gov.hk
Programme Management and Vaccination Division
Tel: 2125 2125
Hospital Authority (Government Vaccination Programme)
Hotline: 2300 6555
Vaccination Schemes (Pregnant Women)
https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/features/18884.html
Pregnant women can receive COVID-19 vaccine
Please refer to https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/features/106934.html
