A 2004 survey found that, among children born after the start of the vaccination programme, 5.2% of those aged seven to 12 years were hepatitis b-antigen-positive.
The Ministry of Health has released a draft regulation saying that kindergartens and nurseries cannot reject children born with the hepatitis B virus but with normal liver function.
Eligible patients were hepatitis B surface antigen-positive men and women with compensated liver disease who were given lamivudine at least more than 6 months and had HBV polymerase gene mutation.