• BMC research notes · Jul 2020

    Age, source, and future risk of COVID-19 infections in two settings of Hong Kong and Singapore.

    • Shuying Zhu, Jun Tao, Huizhi Gao, and Daihai He.
    • School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
    • BMC Res Notes. 2020 Jul 13; 13 (1): 336.

    ObjectiveTo explore and compare the age, source and future risk of COVID-19 infection in Hong Kong SAR China and Singapore as of March 5, 2020.ResultsWe find significant difference in age patterns of confirmed cases in these 2 localities early in the pandemic.ConclusionWe highlight the potential importance of population age structure in confirmed cases, which should be considered in evaluation of the effectiveness of control effort in different localities.

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