Hong Kong authorities have defended the city’s childhood vaccination programme after the United States scaled back its immunisation recommendations, stressing that public health policies should not be “arbitrarily altered”.The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Tuesday that all public health policies and medical recommendations had to be based on scientific evidence.“Vaccination schedules should not be altered arbitrarily without reliable scientific data or medical research supporting such changes, in order to avoid posing significant and irreversible public health risks to children,” it said.
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TUE · 2026-08-11 · 16:02 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0811-101300
NSR-2026-0811-101300News Report·EN·Public Health
Hong Kong urges parents not to delay childhood vaccinations as US limits jabs
Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) has defended the city's childhood vaccination program, urging parents not to delay vaccinations. This comes after the United States reduced its immunization recommendations.
Leopold ChenSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-08-11 · 16:02 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) has defended the city's childhood vaccination program, urging parents not to delay vaccinations. This comes after the United States reduced its immunization recommendations. The CHP stated on Tuesday that public health policies and medical recommendations must be based on scientific evidence. They emphasized that vaccination schedules should not be changed arbitrarily without supporting scientific data or medical research, to prevent significant and irreversible public health risks to children.
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Altering vaccination schedules arbitrarily poses significant and irreversible public health risks to children.
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Vaccination schedules should not be altered arbitrarily without reliable scientific data or medical research.
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Public health policies should not be arbitrarily altered.
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Hong Kong authorities defended the city’s childhood vaccination programme.
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The United States has scaled back its immunisation recommendations.
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