<h4><i>Medical professionals and social organizations call for increased awareness of pneumococcal threat and strengthened preventative measures among high-risk individuals</i></h4><p/>HONG KONG SAR - <a href="https://www.media-outreach.com/">Media OutReach</a> - 10 September 2023 - Recent findings from a comprehensive survey conducted in Hong Kong have revealed an alarming lack of awareness about the pneumococcal vaccine, leaving more than half of the city s middle-aged and elderly population unprotected against this potentially deadly infection.