Peak period for Covid-19 begins in Hong Kong, pandemic expert urges public to get mRNA vaccines
A pandemic expert has urged the public to get mRNA vaccines as the city sees a rise in the prevalence of Covid-19, dominated by a new variant: jn.1. Ivan Hung, chair professor of infectious diseases at the Department of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, told RTHK on Sunday that a spike in Covid-19 infections may last until the end of the Lunar New Year holiday in mid-February. The virus has been on the rise over the past few weeks, the Centre for Health Protection said in its weekly briefing last Wednesday, adding that jn.1 has become the most prevalent strain in the city. Hung said tha...