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Modelling the impacts of public health interventions and weather on SARS-CoV-2 Omicron outbreak in Hong Kong

2022-05-26 public and global health Title + abstract only
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BackgroundHong Kong, has operated under a zero-Covid policy in the past few years. As a result, population immunity from natural infections has been low. The fifth wave in Hong Kong, caused by the Omicron variant, grew substantially in February 2022 during the transition from winter into spring. The daily number of reported cases began to decline quickly in a few days after social distancing regulations were tightened and rapid antigen test (RAT) kits were largely distributed. How the non-pharm...

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