Only Half Of Hong Kong Health Workers Willing To Get H1N1 Flu Shots
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
More than half of healthcare workers in Hong Kong, including physicians, expressed reluctance to be vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus. In most countries, health workers are considered the front line of a defense against a pandemic and usually are given priority for the shots. The survey reported in the British Medical Journal found that only 47.9 percent of doctors, nurses and other professionals responding to a May survey said they were willing to be immunized, a month after the World Health Organization declared a pandemic alert. (Click here for more