Evaluating impact of school outreach vaccination programme in Hong Kong influenza season 2018 – 2019

School-based vaccination, as a means to mitigate seasonal influenza outbreak, depends on attaining adequate coverage rate. We evaluated the potential of a fully subsidized school outreach vaccination (SOV) program to achieve epidemic prevention potential in Hong Kong. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of SOV program 2018–2019 on influenza vaccination rates and influenza-like illness (ILI) in the primary school students and...