Public Lecture
The fatal SARS coronavirus jumping into human in 2002/3 led to an almost global outbreak. The closure of the wild life game-food animal markets have eliminated the epidemic centers which amplify the virus and provided the animal/human interface for interspecies jumping. However we still have to be cautious…
Prof. KY Yuen will share from multiple perspectives of why the epidemic started and spread, and the ways to prevent its recurrence, especially from the interaction between human and local wildlife.
Date : 12. 1. 2019 (Saturday)
Time : 2:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Venue : Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon
Language : Cantonese
Speaker : Professor KY Yuen, Department of Microbiology, HKU
ALL ARE WELCOME
SARS – Why SARS Has Not Returned
The fatal SARS coronavirus jumping into human in 2002/3 led to an almost global outbreak. The closure of the wild life game-food animal markets have eliminated the epidemic centers which amplify the virus and provided the animal/human interface for interspecies jumping. However we still have to be cautious…
Prof. KY Yuen will share from multiple perspectives of why the epidemic started and spread, and the ways to prevent its recurrence, especially from the interaction between human and local wildlife.
Date : 12. 1. 2019 (Saturday)
Time : 2:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Venue : Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon
Language : Cantonese
Speaker : Professor KY Yuen, Department of Microbiology, HKU
ALL ARE WELCOME
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Co-organized by Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences and Hong Kong Science Museum
Co-organized by Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences and Hong Kong Science Museum