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Yuen Kwok-Yung: Actions needed to prepare for COVID-19 vaccines
Chinese version of this article was published in Ming Pao on 25th December 2020 Written by David Lung, Honorary Assistant Professor;…
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HKU experts call for tighter COVID-19 measures
HKU experts said the fourth wave of the epidemic has arrived, and called on the government to take emergency measures…
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Research
Co-infection by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and influenza virus enhances the severity of pneumonia in golden Syrian hamsters
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 20 December 2020 Anna Jinxia Zhang, Andrew Chak-Yiu Lee, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Feifei Liu, Can Li, Yanxia…
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HKU researchers find Covid-19 treatment with ulcer drug
A HKU study has discovered that an existing drug commonly used for stomach ulcers could be effective for treating the…
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HKU experts warn of fourth wave of Covid-19 infections
Hong Kong could be hit by a fourth wave of COVID19 infections as the city relaxed social distancing rules while…
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Infectious disease expert warns of cross-contamination by shared public towels in wet markets
Public towels provided by fish stalls in wet markets could be a source of cross contamination of infectious disease, said…
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HKU’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate approved for human clinical trial
The vaccine candidate against Covid-19 co-developed by HKU’s State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases (the SKL), has been approved…
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HKU expert estimates 400 infectious invisible Covid-19 carriers in HK
By Thursday afternoon, six Hong Kong residents were confirmed with Covid-19 infection among the first batch of 128,000 tested in…
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HKU Professor Yuen Kwok-yung talks about COVID-19 reinfection
Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, chair professor of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, HKU, shared his views about the COVID-19 reinfection in…
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HKU research reveals potential drugs for SARS-CoV-2 and five other viruses
The latest HKU research showed that P9R, a broad-spectrum antiviral peptide, can inhibit pH-dependent viruses, including Covid-19 and influenza virus.…
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