Will a new clade of SARS-CoV-2 imported into the community spark a fourth wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in Hong Kong?

Gilman Kit-Hang Siu; Lam-Kwong Lee; Kenneth Siu-Sing Leung; Jake Siu-Lun Leung; Timothy Ting-Leung Ng; Chloe Toi-Mei Chan; Kingsley King-Gee Tam; Hiu-Yin Lao; Alan Ka-Lun Wu; Miranda Chong-Yee Yau; Yvette Wai-Man Lai; Kitty Sau-Chun Fung; Sandy Ka-Yee Chau; Barry Kin-Chung Wong; Wing-Kin To; Kristine Luk; Alex Yat-Man Ho; Tak-Lun Que; Kam-Tong Yip; Wing Cheong Yam; David Ho-Keung Shum; Shea Ping Yip

doi:10.1080/22221751.2020.1851146

Will a new clade of SARS-CoV-2 imported into the community spark a fourth wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in Hong Kong?

Emerg Microbes Infect. 2020 Dec;9(1):2497-2500. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2020.1851146.

Authors

Gilman Kit-Hang Siu¹, Lam-Kwong Lee¹, Kenneth Siu-Sing Leung², Jake Siu-Lun Leung¹, Timothy Ting-Leung Ng¹, Chloe Toi-Mei Chan¹, Kingsley King-Gee Tam², Hiu-Yin Lao¹, Alan Ka-Lun Wu³, Miranda Chong-Yee Yau³, Yvette Wai-Man Lai³, Kitty Sau-Chun Fung⁴, Sandy Ka-Yee Chau⁴, Barry Kin-Chung Wong⁴, Wing-Kin To⁵, Kristine Luk⁵, Alex Yat-Man Ho⁵, Tak-Lun Que⁶, Kam-Tong Yip⁶, Wing Cheong Yam², David Ho-Keung Shum⁷, Shea Ping Yip¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
² Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
³ Department of Clinical Pathology, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Chai Wan, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
⁴ Department of Clinical Pathology, United Christian Hospital, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
⁵ Department of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
⁶ Department of Clinical Pathology, Tuen Mun Hospital, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
⁷ Faculty of Health and Social Science, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Phylogeny; SARS-CoV-2; outbreak; whole genome sequencing.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Disease Outbreaks
Hong Kong / epidemiology
Humans
SARS-CoV-2* / genetics

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Health and Medical Research Fund [Commissioned Research on COVID-19 (COVID1902004)]; Innovation and Technology Commission [ITF-PSTS (SST/050/20GP)].