A boy has his temperature taken as he arrives at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on January 20, 2004, where a man was in isolation after showing Sars-like symptoms. Hong Kong had been declared Sars-free the previous year, after 299 died of the disease. Photo: AFP A boy has his temperature taken as he arrives at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on January 20, 2004, where a man was in isolation after showing Sars-like symptoms. Hong Kong had been declared Sars-free the previous year, after 299 died of the disease. Photo: AFP
A boy has his temperature taken as he arrives at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on January 20, 2004, where a man was in isolation after showing Sars-like symptoms. Hong Kong had been declared Sars-free the previous year, after 299 died of the disease. Photo: AFP
Anne Li
Opinion

Opinion

Anne Li and Melvin Kan

Wuhan virus outbreak and Sars history should push Hong Kong towards bold steps in research collaboration

  • During Sars, Hong Kong learned the importance of cross-institutional cooperation in research and clinical practice
  • The city must bring its most gifted researchers together under one roof and encourage interdisciplinary projects, like the Broad Institute in the US

Anne LiMelvin Kan
Anne Li and Melvin Kan

Updated: 4:49pm, 22 Jan, 2020

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A boy has his temperature taken as he arrives at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on January 20, 2004, where a man was in isolation after showing Sars-like symptoms. Hong Kong had been declared Sars-free the previous year, after 299 died of the disease. Photo: AFP A boy has his temperature taken as he arrives at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on January 20, 2004, where a man was in isolation after showing Sars-like symptoms. Hong Kong had been declared Sars-free the previous year, after 299 died of the disease. Photo: AFP
A boy has his temperature taken as he arrives at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on January 20, 2004, where a man was in isolation after showing Sars-like symptoms. Hong Kong had been declared Sars-free the previous year, after 299 died of the disease. Photo: AFP
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Anne Li

Anne Li

Anne Li is a researcher at Our Hong Kong Foundation

Melvin Kan

Melvin Kan

Melvin Kan an assistant researcher at Our Hong Kong Foundation