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Statistics on 2015 Southern Hemisphere Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Programme

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Statistics on 2015 Southern Hemisphere Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Programme
Statistics on 2015 Southern Hemisphere Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Programme
2015-09-07
Vaccination Statistics (as at 31 August 2015 )
 

Total no. of doses administered to target groups

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Elders in Residential Care Homes for the Elderly

(under Residential Care Home Vaccination Programme)

Community elders

(under Government Vaccination Programme)
No. of doses administered

44 300*

53 700#

*Programme starts on 8 May 2015.  The number of doses administered to the residents of Residential Care Homes for the Elderly are based on the number of injection fee claims made via the eHealth System.  Centre for Health Protection requires doctors to make injection fee claims within 7 days via the eHealth System, the number of claims in the system may not reflect the real-time vaccination figure.

#Programme starts on 20 May 2015. Elders aged 85 or above start to receive vaccination since 20 May 2015, elders aged 80 or above start to receive vaccination since 4 June 2015 and elders aged 75 or above start to receive vaccination since 24 June 2015.

(statistics to be updated on weekly basis)

Background Information on Adverse Events following seasonal influenza vaccination

  1. The 2015  Southern Hemisphere seasonal influenza vaccine provided is an inactivated trivalent seasonal influenza vaccine, which contains A/California/7/2009 (H1N1) pdm09-like virus, A/Switzerland/9715293/2013(H3N2)-like virus and B/Phuket/3073/2013-like virus antigens.  Seasonal influenza vaccines have been used for more than 60 years and have excellent safety profile.
  2. Seasonal influenza vaccine is very safe and usually well tolerated apart from occasional soreness, redness or swelling at the injection site (inactivated vaccine). Some recipients may experience fever, muscle and joint pains, and tiredness beginning 6 to 12 hours after vaccination and lasting up to two days.
  3. An adverse event is a health problem that is reported after someone gets vaccinated. It may or may not have been caused by the vaccine. Some of these events may occur by chance during the post-vaccination period and are unrelated to vaccination. Report of adverse event does not mean that a vaccine caused the event.

Number of serious adverse events reported among vaccinated person since 8 May 2015 (as of 12 noon, 7 September 2015):

Serious adverse events

0