{"id":4727,"date":"2020-09-02T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T02:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/children818.tectom.com.hk\/its-time-for-seasonal-influenza-vaccine-again-you-and-your-family-should-get-protected-every-year-2\/"},"modified":"2022-04-01T15:42:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T07:42:51","slug":"its-time-for-seasonal-influenza-vaccine-again-you-and-your-family-should-get-protected-every-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtuschildren818.com\/en\/its-time-for-seasonal-influenza-vaccine-again-you-and-your-family-should-get-protected-every-year-2\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s time for Seasonal Influenza Vaccine again You and Your Family should get protected every year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<table style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><b><strong>This year<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>\u2019s<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>\u00a0vaccine has arrived<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>!<\/strong><\/b>\r\n\r\n<b><strong>\u00a0Please call the clinic and come for the injection.<\/strong><\/b>\r\n\r\nThe 2020-21\u00a0vaccine contains\u00a0the following\u00a0virus strains:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>A\/Guangdong-Maonan\/SWL1536\/2019 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus<\/li>\r\n \t<li>A\/Hong Kong\/2671\/2019 (H3N2)-like virus<\/li>\r\n \t<li>B\/Washington\/02\/2019-like virus (B\/Victoria lineage)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>B\/Phuket\/3073\/2013-like virus (B\/Yamagata lineage)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b><strong>Who?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>\r\n\r\n<b><strong>1. ALL Children (from 6 months to 12 years);<\/strong><\/b>\r\n\r\n<b><strong>2. ALL persons aged above 50 years;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>\r\n\r\n<b><strong>3. High risk persons (chronic diseases);<\/strong><\/b>\r\n\r\n<b><strong>4. Individuals at high risk work places<\/strong><\/b>\r\n\r\n<b><strong>(children in day care, child care personnel, Institutional workers, doctors, teachers etc.);<\/strong><\/b>\r\n\r\n<b><strong>5.\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>Pregnant women;<\/strong><\/b>\r\n\r\n<b><strong>6.\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>Anyone who wants to reduce the chance of contracting Influenza<\/strong><\/b>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTo provide maximum protection, include\u00a0<b><strong>ALL FAMILY MEMBERS<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>.<\/strong><\/b>\r\n\r\n<b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>\r\n\r\n<b><strong>When?<\/strong><\/b>\r\n\r\n<b><strong>NOW<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>, before\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>year end preferably<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>.<\/strong><\/b>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b><strong>How\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>many doses<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>?<\/strong><\/b>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>1. Adults and children 9 years or older<\/td>\r\n<td>&#8211; 1 dose every year<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2. Children under 9 years<\/td>\r\n<td>&#8211; First time:\u00a02\u00a0doses spaced 1 month apart;\r\n\r\nsubsequently, every year<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<b><strong>How is it given?<\/strong><\/b>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Injecting into the muscle (Vaxigrip-Tetra, Fluarix-Tetra) &#8211; It is suitable for children age from six months onwards.\u00a0 There are 2 injectable inactivated vaccines available at our clinic.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Administer to nostrils (Flumist) \u2013 It is suitable for children age from 2 years onwards. This is a live- attenuated vaccine.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>None of these vaccines contain thimerosal.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b><strong>Side effects?<\/strong><\/b>\r\n\r\n1.\u00a0Pain and swelling of the injection site\r\n\r\n2.\u00a0Mild flu-like symptoms (fever, runny nose and tiredness)\r\n\r\n3.\u00a0Allergic reactions: rare\r\n<h3>Please call our staff at \u260e 2526 6332 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09877 1662 for information.<\/h3>\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">This information is only for Children at 818 patients&#8217; reference.<\/h3>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuschildren818.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuschildren818.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuschildren818.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuschildren818.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuschildren818.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/virtuschildren818.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4728,"href":"https:\/\/virtuschildren818.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions\/4728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuschildren818.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuschildren818.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuschildren818.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}