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[New York Times] Gabriel Leung: Urgent questions scientists are asking about coronavirus
Gabriel Leung, 10 February, 2020 “As we determine research priorities at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva this week,…
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[AP] Where did they go? Millions left city before quarantine
ERIKA KINETZ, February 9, 2020 The majority of confirmed cases and deaths have occurred in China, within Hubei province. Officials…
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Health Tips
港大中醫藥學院:防禦呼吸道傳染性疾病的措施 HKU School of Chinese Medicine: Measures to Prevent Respiratory Infectious Diseases
常規預防方法 經常保持雙手清潔,勤洗手、正確洗手。 在搭乘交通工具或在人多擠逼的地方逗留時應佩戴口罩。 當出現呼吸道感染病徵,應戴上口罩,不應上班或上學,避免前往人多擠逼的地方,並盡早向醫生求診。 Source: 香港大學中醫藥學院防禦呼吸道傳染性疾病的措施完整文檔 中醫治未病多維預防 根據中醫「正氣內存,邪不可干」的預防思想,在身體正氣虛弱的情況下,容易感染疾病。據此,應該適當調理身體,有利固護人體正氣,提高抗病能力。 (一)作息定時有序 注意勞逸適度,作息規律有序,保證充足的睡眠時間(7-8小時),儘量不熬夜。 (二)飲食預防 (注意:「藥補不如食補」。凡藥皆有偏勝,應在中醫師的指導下合理使用中藥材作為藥膳。) 多飲水。飲食要注意營養豐富均衡,適當增加食用大蒜,提倡多食新鮮蔬菜水果,避免進食生冷、肥膩、煎炸、燒烤及辛辣食物。 (三)保持大便通暢 中醫基礎理論認為肺與大腸屬表裡關係,只有保持大便通暢,才能使肺臟功能正常,肺氣宣達通暢。 (四)情緒心理調整 保持心態平和樂觀有利提升抵抗力,應避免煩悶、動氣。 (五)運動預防 經絡拍打法:「前拍拍,後拍拍,加拍肺經防肺炎」,具體如下: 前胸拍打:由下到上,交替拍打左右胸部多次。手法要輕柔,不要用力過重。…
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[商業電台] 零入境係防疫最佳方法,梁卓偉:醫護人手不嬲唔夠
6 Feb, 2020 Source: 商業電台 Hong Kong Toolbar 嘉賓:港大醫學院院長 梁卓偉,議題:防疫政策,主持:陳志雲 郭志仁 陳聰
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Research
[HKU Med] Watch: How the novel coronavirus grows in culture
HKU Medicine, 4 February 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOZvf5NOFHs Video credit: Professors John Nicholls, Leo Poon and Malik Peiris from HKU Med &…
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[Lancet] Nowcasting and forecasting potential domestic and international spread of COVID-2019: a modelling study
The Lancet, 31 January 2020 Prof Joseph T Wu, Kathy Leung, Prof Gabriel M Leung Highlights New modeling research estimates…
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[Emerging Microbes & Infections] Genomic characterization of COVID-19 isolated from a patient who visited Wuhan
Emerging Microbes & Infections, 28 Jan 2020 Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Kin-Hang Kok, Zheng Zhu, Hin Chu, Kelvin Kai-Wang To, Shuofeng…
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[WHO] HKU Prof Malik Peiris proposed as adviser to International Health Regulations Emergency Committee for COVID-19 pneumonia
22 January, 2020 Professor Malik Peiris, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, HKU, was proposed as one of advisers to…
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[CNN]This may explain the spread of China’s new virus
20 Jan, 2020 Scientists have identified a new coronavirus, which has infected more than two hundred people since the initial…
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