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Schoolgirls to be vaccinated against HPV, in Hong Kong’s fight against cervical cancer

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Girls in primary school will be vaccinated against HPV in a bid to protect them from cervical cancer, Hong Kong’s leader announced on Wednesday morning. The citywide scheme was among a series of health care initiatives announced by Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor in her policy address. Lam also announced public hospitals would allow parents who miscarry to claim the foetus for burial or cremation, even those less than 24 weeks gestated. Currently they are disposed of as medical...

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