Researchers at the University of Hong Kong reveal that a timely third vaccination of either CoronaVac or BNT162b2 is critical to induce virus-specific...Read more

Purpose: To evaluate the presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in conjunctival secretions from patients without ocu...Read more

Without modern medical management and vaccines, the severity of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory sy...Read more

Background The ongoing outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2 infections in Hong Kong, the model city of universal masking of the world, has resulted in ...Read more

Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) contains the furin cleavage Proline-Arginine-Arginine-Alanine (PRRA) motif in...Read more

隨著冬季的到來，香港面臨著COVID-19病例激增的風險。病毒在較低的溫度下可以存活更長時間，如果沒有採取預防措施，香港的醫療系統可能會不堪負荷。政府已加強邊境控制，並在高風險區域如餐廳、酒吧和健身房實施措施。然而，檢測和控制病毒傳播仍然存在挑戰，公眾必須保持警惕，與衛生當局合作。本文還討論了強制檢...Read more

A false-positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction result can lead to unnec...Read more

Background: Global dissemination of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern (VOCs) remains a concern. The aim of this study is to describe how mass testing and...Read more

Background: Air dispersal of respiratory viruses other than SARS-CoV-2 has not been systematically reported. The incidence and factors associated with...Read more

Formulating termination of isolation (de-isolation) policies requires up-to-date knowledge about viral shedding dynamics. However, current de-isolatio...Read more

The phenomenon of vertical transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in high-rise residential buildings (HRRBs) is ...Read more

Background: Posterior oropharyngeal saliva is increasingly recognized as a valid respiratory specimen for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis. It is easy to collect ...Read more

香港政府轄下的兩個科學委員會建議，成年人在接種第二劑新冠疫苗6個月後可接種第三劑；12至17歲青少年建議接種第二劑復星疫苗。另一方面，香港昨日有一宗疑似涉及Omicron變異病毒株的本地初步確診病例，可能打破香港76日本地零確診的紀錄，患者居住的屯門兆禧苑已被封鎖進行強制檢測。...

Background: Without the implementation of mandatory vaccination, it was difficult to increase the influenza vaccination rate among healthcare workers....Read more

Nonpharmaceutical interventions implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2021) have provided a unique opportunity to understand their impact on ...Read more

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has influenced antimicrobial consumption and incidence of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). W...Read more

Background: Viral genomic surveillance is vital for understanding the transmission of COVID-19. In Hong Kong, breakthrough outbreaks have occurred in ...Read more