Pandemic lessons from Hong Kong
COVID-19 offers many valuable lessons, many of which could be found in unique societies like Hong Kong. The metropolis is special for its drastically varying—good and bad—COVID-19 performances. Hong Kong was widely considered a pandemic control and containment success for maintaining a remarkably low number of COVID-19 infections and deaths, until it was not. In March 2022, for instance, Hong Kong had the world’s highest COVID-19 infection rates. As Hong Kong shares many similarities with other metropolises around the world, it is important to learn the hard-earned lessons from its failure to control infections. Drawing insights from the literature and our own research, this analysis aims to identify key lessons societies could gain from Hong Kong’s COVID-19 responses to ensure better preparation for future pandemics.
Authors
- Ali Cheshmehzangi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2657-4865)
- Zhaohui Su (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2005-9504)
- Dean McDonnell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6043-8272)
- Yu Xin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2945-6461)
- Sabina Šegalo
- Yu‐Tao Xiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2906-0029)
- Barry L. Bentley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4360-5902)
- Yifan Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4002-9433)
- Jianlin Jiang
- Ruijie Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0246-2204)
- Claudimar Pereira da Veiga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4960-5954)
- Catherine Tong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1214-0591)
- Ruru Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3529-4796)
- Jing-Bao Nie
- Kudiza Abdulswabul
- Francis Mungai Kaburu
- Qiang Kuang
Institutions
- University of Sarajevo (BA)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- University of Macau (MO)
- South East Technological University (IE)
- University College London (GB)
- Fundação Dom Cabral (BR)
- Institute of Technology Carlow (IE)
- Southeast University (CN)
- University of Otago (NZ)
- Cardiff Metropolitan University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Discover Public Health
- Published
- 2024-11-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-024-00305-8
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.40