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26 CUHK epidemiologists and public health researchers drove the study of community response to COVID-19 even before it was so named by the World Health Organization‎. A research team from The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care surveyed 1,168 Hong Kong residents in the first two weeks after the first case of the new coronavirus was reported on 23 January to investigate the public’s risk perception and psychobehavioural responses. Among their findings are that an overwhelming majority of the respondents were alert to the disease progression (99.5%), perceived a high chance of getting infection (88%), and had enhanced personal hygiene practices such as wearing masks and washing hands (90%). The release of such findings in mid-February was a timely reminder to policymakers and public that psychobehavioural changes are also effective interventions in the control of the disease. First Response First Aid CUMED takes the community temperature