COVID-19
Research & Publications
Addiction - Association of smoking, lung function and COPD in COVID-19 risk: a two-step Mendelian randomization study
27 February 2022
Nature Medicine - Neutralizing antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant BA.1 following homologous and heterologous CoronaVac or BNT162b2 vaccination
20 January 2022
International Journal of Nursing Studies - Profiling vaccine believers and skeptics in nurses: A latent profile analysis
27 November 2021
eLife - Social contact patterns and implications for infectious disease transmission – a systematic review and meta-analysis of contact surveys
25 November 2021
Journal of Behavioral Addictions - How COVID-19 stress related to schooling and online learning affects adolescent depression and Internet gaming disorder: Testing Conservation of Resources theory with sex difference
19 October 2021
Nature Immunology - Altered ISGylation drives aberrant macrophage-dependent immune responses during SARS-CoV-2 infection
18 October 2021
Emerging Infectious Diseases - Socioeconomic Patterns of COVID-19 Clusters in Low-Incidence City, Hong Kong
1 September 2021
International Journal of Health Policy and Management - Prosociality and Social Responsibility Were Associated With Intention of COVID-19 Vaccination Among University Students in China
26 June 2021
Journal of Law and the Biosciences - Legal provisions for enforcing social distancing to guard against COVID-19: the case of Hong Kong
1 June 2021
Emerging Infectious Diseases - Psychobehavioral Responses and Likelihood of Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines during the Pandemic, Hong Kong
26 May 2021
Cell Reports - Dynamics of B cell repertoires and emergence of cross-reactive responses in patients with different severities of COVID-19
25 May 2021
Science of The Total Environment - Physical distancing implementation, ambient temperature and Covid-19 containment: An observational study in the United States
21 May 2021
Journal of Medical Internet Research - Evolving Epidemiological Characteristics of COVID-19 in Hong Kong From January to August 2020: Retrospective Study
16 April 2021
Journal of Medical Internet Research - Association of Perceived Threat, Negative Emotions, and Self-Efficacy With Mental Health and Personal Protective Behavior Among Chinese Pregnant Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Survey Study
12 April 2021
Infectious Diseases of Poverty - Mental health and preventive behaviour of pregnant women in China during the early phase of the COVID-19 period
24 March 2021
Cancer Letters - Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of cancer patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis of global data
20 March 2021
Respirology - Epidemiology, clinical spectrum, viral kinetics and impact of COVID-19 in the Asia-Pacific region
17 March 2021
Journal of Medical Internet Research - Behavioral Intention to Receive a COVID-19 Vaccination Among Chinese Factory Workers: Cross-sectional Online Survey
9 March 2021
Journal of Medical Internet Research - Comparing Public Perceptions and Preventive Behaviors During the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom: Cross-sectional Survey Study
8 March 2021
Science of the Total Environment - Meteorological factors and COVID-19 incidence in 190 countries: An observational study
25 February 2021
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases - Limited role for meteorological factors on the variability in COVID-19 incidence: A retrospective study of 102 Chinese cities
24 February 2021
Atmospheric Environment - An improved decomposition method to differentiate meteorological and anthropogenic effects on air pollution: A national study in China during the COVID-19 lockdown period
17 February 2021
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine- The potential effectiveness of the WHO International Health Regulations capacity requirements on control of the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study of 114 countries
9 February 2021
Clinical Microbiology and Infection - A global analysis of replacement of genetic variants of SARS-CoV-2 in association with containment capacity and changes in disease severity
30 January 2021
Journal of Travel Medicine - Quantifying the transmission advantage associated with N501Y substitution of SARS-CoV-2 in the UK: an early data-driven analysis
28 January 2021
Journal of Medical Internet Research - Social, Cognitive, and eHealth Mechanisms of COVID-19–Related Lockdown and Mandatory Quarantine That Potentially Affect the Mental Health of Pregnant Women in China: Cross-Sectional Survey Study
22 January 2021
International Journal of Health Policy and Management - Understanding the Prevalence and Associated Factors of Behavioral Intention of COVID-19 Vaccination Under Specific Scenarios Combining Effectiveness, Safety, and Cost in the Hong Kong Chinese General Population
18 January 2021
Annals of Family Medicine - A Tale of 3 Asian Cities: How is Primary Care Responding to COVID-19 in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Beijing?
11 January 2021
One Health - Assessing the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on the transmissibility and severity of COVID-19 during the first five months in the Western Pacific Region
5 January 2021
International Journal of Nursing Studies - Influenza Vaccine Uptake, COVID-19 Vaccination Intention and Vaccine Hesitancy Among Nurse: a Survey
5 December 2020
Science of The Total Environment - Meteorological factors and COVID-19 incidence in 190 countries: An observational study
23 November 2020
Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific - Settings of Virus Exposure and their Implications in the Propagation of Transmission Network in COVID-19 Outbreak
9 November 2020
International Journal of Health Policy and Management - Health Service Utilization in Hong Kong During the COVID-19 Pandemic – A Cross-sectional Public Survey
19 October 2020
International Journal of Health Policy and Management - Competing or Interactive Effect Between Perceived Response Efficacy of Governmental Social Distancing Behaviors and Personal Freedom on Social Distancing Behaviors in the Chinese Adult General Population in Hong Kong
18 October 2020
Health & Place - Association of time to diagnosis with socioeconomic position and geographical accessibility to healthcare among symptomatic COVID-19 patients: A retrospective study in Hong Kong
17 October 2020
Journal of Medical Internet Research - Epidemiological Parameters of COVID-19: Case Series Study
12 October 2020
British Medical Bulletin - Narrative review of non-pharmaceutical behavioural measures for the prevention of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) based on the Health-EDRM framework
8 October 2020
Journal of Medical Internet Research - Associations of Mental Health and Personal Preventive Measure Compliance With Exposure to COVID-19 Information During Work Resumption Following the COVID-19 Outbreak in China: Cross-Sectional Survey Study
8 October 2020
BMJ Global Health - Stringent containment measures without complete city lockdown to achieve low incidence and mortality across two waves of COVID-19 in Hong Kong
7 October 2020
Health Expectations -
Public preference for COVID‐19 vaccines in China: A discrete choice experiment
6 October 2020
Journal of Medical Internet Research - Self-Reported Compliance With Personal Preventive Measures Among Chinese Factory Workers at the Beginning of Work Resumption Following the COVID-19 Outbreak: Cross-Sectional Survey Study
29 September 2020
British Journal of General Practice -
Impact of COVID-19 on loneliness, mental health, and health service utilisation: a prospective cohort study of older adults with multimorbidity in primary care
28 September 2020
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health -
Equitable exit strategy is required: lessons learnt from Hong Kong’s current resurgence of local outbreaks among individuals from highly deprived neighbourhoods
5 September 2020
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health -
Equitable Exit Strategy is Required: Lessons Learnt from Hong Kong's Current Resurgence of Local Outbreaks among Individuals from Highly Deprived Neighnourhoods
5 September 2020
Emerging Infectious Diseases - Abrupt Subsidence of Seasonal Influenza after COVID-19 Outbreak, Hong Kong, China
27 August 2020
European Journal of Epidemiology - The potential impact of previous exposure to SARS or MERS on control of the COVID-19 pandemic
10 August 2020
Science of The Total Environment -
Particulate matter and SARS-CoV-2: A possible model of COVID-19 transmission
5 August 2020
International Journal of Health Policy and Management - Views on Workplace Policies and its Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life During Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic: Cross-Sectional Survey of Employees
3 August 2020
Journal of Infectious Diseases - Prospective Study Comparing Deep Throat Saliva With Other Respiratory Tract Specimens in the Diagnosis of Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019
1 August 2020
Journal of Global Health - Regularizing daily routines for mental health during and after
the COVID-19 pandemic
28 July 2020
American Journal of Bioethics -
Reopening Economies during the COIVD-19 Pandemic: Reasoning about Value Tradeoffs
27 July 2020
American Journal of Bioethics -
Using a Public Health Ethics Framework to Unpick Discrimination in COVID-19 Responses
27 July 2020
International Journal of Epidemiology - Epidemiological characteristics of the first 100 cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, a city with a stringent containment policy
30 June 2020
BMJ - What is appropriate PPE? Lessons learned from healthcare worker COVID-19 infection in Hong Kong
7 July 2020
Journal of Hospital Infection -
Comparing the impact of various interventions to control the spread of COVID-19 in 12 countries
30 June 2020
Journal of Infection - Evaluation on different non-pharmaceutical interventions during COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of 139 countries
21 June 2020
Journal of Infectious Diseases - Identifying a Capability Framework That Could Mitigate the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in a Global Health Community
21 June 2020
Journal of Infection -
High SARS-CoV-2 infection rates in respiratory staff nurses and correlation of COVID-19 symptom patterns with PCR positivity and relative viral loads
18 June 2020
Science of The Total Environment -
A mechanism-based parameterisation scheme to investigate the association between transmission rate of COVID-19 and meteorological factors on plains in China
18 June 2020
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine -
COVID-19 and Public Interest in Face Mask Use
15 June 2020
Journal of Infection -
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in fecal specimens of patients with confirmed COVID-19: A meta-analysis
11 June 2020
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health -
Association between time from SARS-CoV-2 onset to case confirmation and time to recovery across sociodemographic strata in Singapore
7 June 2020
The BMJ -
Covid-19: transforming healthcare will require collaboration and innovative policies
5 June 2020
The Lancet -
Informal home care providers: the forgotten health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
1 June 2020
Journal of Travel Medicine -
Positive impact of measures against COVID-19 on reducing influenza in the Northern Hemisphere
28 May 2020
American Psychologist - Negative Cognitive and Psychological Correlates of Mandatory Quarantine During the Initial COVID-19 Outbreak in China
28 May 2020
Journal of Infection -
The potential impact of vulnerability and coping capacity on the pandemic control of COVID-19
28 May 2020
Journal of Infection -
Strengthening early testing and surveillance of COVID-19 to enhance identification of asymptomatic patients
27 May 2020
European Urology -
A Global Survey on the Impact of COVID-19 on Urological Services
26 May 2020
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases -
Estimating the serial interval of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) based on the public surveillance data in Shenzhen, China, from 19 January to 22 February 2020
26 May 2020
The Journal of Hospital Infection-
Inferring super-spreading from transmission clusters of COVID-19 in Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore
21 May 2020
Journal of Infection-
Comparing hospitalised, community and staff COVID-19 infection rates during the early phase of the evolving COVID-19 epidemic
19 May 2020
Science of The Total Environment -
Medical mask versus cotton mask for preventing respiratory droplet transmission in micro environments
18 May 2020
International Journal of Nursing Studies-
COVID-19 pandemic,infodemic and the role of eHealth litracy
15 May 2020
CMAJ -
What can countries learn from Hong Kong's response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
24 Apr 2020
Eurosurveillance -
Epidemiological characteristics of the first 53 laboratory - confirmed cases of COVID-19 epidemic in Hong Kong, 13 February 2020
23 Apr 2020
CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases -
Community Responses during Early Phase of COVID-19 Epidemic, Hong Kong
16 Apr 2020
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology - Positive RT-PCR tests among discharged COVID-19 patients in Shenzhen, China
16 Apr 2020
Journal of Infection -
Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases in Hong Kong and implications for further spread
31 Mar 2020
Journal of Travel Medicine -
Serial interval in determining the estimation of reproduction number of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the early outbreak
27 Mar 2020
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology - COVID-19 and gender-specific difference: Analysis of public surveillance data in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China, from January 10 to February 15, 2020
9 Mar 2020
Journal of Infection -
Herd immunity – estimating the level required to halt the COVID-19 epidemics in affected countries
22 Feb 2020
Journal of Travel Medicine -
Quantifying the association between domestic travel and the exportation of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases from Wuhan, China in 2020: a correlational analysis
20 Feb 2020
Community Response Study Results During the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Hong Kong
18 Feb 2020
Journal of Clinical Medicine -
Estimating of the unreported number of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases in China in the first half of January 2020: A data-driven modelling
1 Feb 2020