https://www.scmp.com/rss/506768/feed Dr Sean Hsiang-Yu Yuan is an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, leading the Infectious Disease Modelling Group. He received his PhD at Duke University and worked on infectious disease epidemiology at the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Imperial College London. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Until the end of June, Hong Kong was exceptionally successful in controlling the outbreak of Covid-19. But the sudden burst of new cases during July, taking the total from about 1,200 to more than 3,000, is very worrying. In such a rapidly evolving situation, decisions about how to respond must be made very quickly, without the luxury of time to try out different strategies and see what works or what doesn’t. How, then, can we make sensible decisions about the introduction of new social... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3095460/what-hong-kong-can-do-avoid-total-lockdown-and-fourth-wave-covid-19?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3095460/what-hong-kong-can-do-avoid-total-lockdown-and-fourth-wave-covid-19?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Jul 2020 06:15:15 +0000