Community Responses during Early Phase of COVID-19 Epidemic, Hong Kong

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Author(s)

  • Kin On Kwok
  • Henry Ho Hin Chan
  • Yuan Yuan Yi
  • Arthur Tang
  • Wan In Wei
  • Samuel Yeung Shan Wong

Detail(s)

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1575-1579
Number of pages5
Journal / PublicationEmerging Infectious Diseases
Volume26
Issue number7
Online published16 Apr 2020
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2020

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Abstract

During the early phase of the coronavirus disease epidemic in Hong Kong, 1,715 survey respondents reported high levels of perceived risk, mild anxiety, and adoption of personal-hygiene, travel-avoidance, and social-distancing measures. Widely adopted individual precautionary measures, coupled with early government actions, might slow transmission early in the outbreak.

Research Area(s)

  • Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Betacoronavirus, Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology, Female, Hong Kong/epidemiology, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pandemics/prevention & control, Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology, Young Adult

Citation Format(s)

Community Responses during Early Phase of COVID-19 Epidemic, Hong Kong. / Kwok, Kin On; Li, Kin Kit; Chan, Henry Ho Hin et al.
In: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol. 26, No. 7, 07.2020, p. 1575-1579.

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