https://www.scmp.com/rss/503872/feed Yeoh Eng-kiong, a former health secretary of Hong Kong, is director of the JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, and head of the Division of Health System, Policy and Management, Faculty of Medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In this Covid-19 pandemic, understanding the transmission dynamics of infection is key to controlling it. Following our success in containing the second wave of infections originating from returning Hongkongers, social restrictions were relaxed in stages, but this was followed by another resurgence that reached alarming levels. Resolute government decisions to impose correspondingly restrictive social-distancing measures have led to a gradual decline in local transmissions, from the peak of 149... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3101741/how-hong-kong-can-avert-fourth-wave-covid-19-infections?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3101741/how-hong-kong-can-avert-fourth-wave-covid-19-infections?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Sep 2020 22:15:08 +0000 Hong Kong’s achievements in containing Covid-19 are exceptional, with no local infections for 16 days. This can be attributed to government leadership, and community participation. This is in contrast to the relentless worldwide spread of the coronavirus, whose full scope and extent is yet to emerge. The conditions that would see the Sars-CoV-2 virus eliminated from the population appear increasingly improbable, and experts warn of a resurgence as late as 2024. In Hong Kong, despite the threat... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3082817/hong-kong-danger-resurgent-covid-19-infections-not-over-yet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3082817/hong-kong-danger-resurgent-covid-19-infections-not-over-yet?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 05 May 2020 22:30:10 +0000 On March 10, 2003, the severe acute respiratory syndrome unceremoniously announced its foothold in Hong Kong in an outbreak of the infection at the Prince of Wales Hospital, eventually infecting 239 health care professionals, medical students, patients and visitors. It exposed Hong Kong’s vulnerability to new and emerging infectious diseases, in its geopolitical position and as an open economy with free flows of people, goods and services across its borders. Also evident were our public health... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3052743/hong-kongs-management-coronavirus-epidemic-evolving-science-even?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3052743/hong-kongs-management-coronavirus-epidemic-evolving-science-even?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Feb 2020 02:00:14 +0000