HPV vaccine supplies 'secure'

Health service centers have reassured women who have had the first one or two doses of a four-way HPV vaccine - which requires three doses within six months - that they have full supplies.

Concerns arose after recent media reports that the four-way HPV vaccine Gardsil, which works against four types of HPV and has been available in major cities on the Chinese mainland since the end of last year, was highly sought after and many centers had canceled reservations because they were out of stock.

"The suspension of new reservations is just to guarantee the required doses for those who have received the first one or two," said a woman who only gave her surname, Zhang, from the Xuhui district's Kangjian community health service center in Shanghai.