Hong Kong paediatrician urges parents to vaccinate children as temperatures fall

South China Morning Post - Nov 7, 2026

A Hong Kong paediatric expert has called on parents to arrange influenza vaccinations for their children ahead of cooler temperatures next week, warning of a double whammy of overlapping summer and winter flu seasons. The city has recorded 29 cases of severe paediatric influenza infection this flu season, two of which were fatal. Dr Mike Kwan Yat-wah, former president of the Asian Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, warned on Saturday that the city could see a longer flu season with the...

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