Children born in 2019 will receive two primary doses and one booster dose of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine under the Hong Kong Childhood Immunisation Programme.

​The Centre for Health Protection said the updated schedule will replace the current one under which children receive three primary doses and one booster dose.

The updated schedule is implemented following the latest recommendations made by the Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases.

Starting from July this year, eligible children born on or after January 1, 2019 will receive two primary doses of PCV13 at two and four months, followed by a booster dose of PCV13 at 12 months at the Department of Health’s Maternal & Child Health Centres.

They will no longer receive PCV13 at their six-month visit in the centres.

A catch-up vaccination will also be provided to children who have not received any PCV13 booster dose between the age of one to less than six years as appropriate.