Letters | Measles control in Hong Kong: vaccines and blood tests on a priority basis amid short supply
- Cautious implementation of the staff vaccination programme by phases reflects prudent use of the tight supply of vaccines and a priority to protect higher-risk patients
- All hospitals have been requested not to deploy pregnant staff to high-risk stations
The first phase of our health care staff measles vaccination programme started on April 1, to cover staff with inadequate immunity and working in high-risk departments, such as paediatric, obstetrics and gynaecology, haematology and clinical oncology, bone marrow and solid organ transplant, intensive care units and isolation wards. The vaccination programme was later extended to staff working in the accident and emergency departments and triage stations in general outpatient clinics.
The cautious implementation of the staff vaccination programme by phases reflects the prudent use of the tight supply of vaccines and the priority to protect higher-risk patients. Similarly, the serology blood test kits are also in heavy demand due to the large-scale contact tracing conducted for each confirmed case.
