Assessing Community Vulnerability over 3 Waves of COVID-19 Pandemic, Hong Kong, China

Liao, Qiuyan; Dong, Meihong; Yuan, Jiehu; Fielding, Richard; Cowling, Benjamin J.; Wong, Irene Oi Ling; Lam, Wendy Wing Tak

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Assessing Community Vulnerability over 3 Waves of COVID-19 Pandemic, Hong Kong, China

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Jul 2021
By Liao, Qiuyan ; Dong, Meihong ; Yuan, Jiehu ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Liao, Qiuyan ; Dong, Meihong ; Yuan, Jiehu ; Fielding, Richard ; Cowling, Benjamin J. ; Wong, Irene Oi Ling ; Lam, Wendy Wing Tak
Description:

We constructed a coronavirus disease community vulnerability index using micro district-level socioeconomic and demographic data and analyzed its correlations with case counts across the 3 pandemic waves in Hong Kong, China. We found that districts with greater vulnerability reported more cases in the third wave when widespread community outbreaks occurred.
Subjects:

Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Humans Pandemics Sars-Cov-2
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Emerg Infect Dis. 27(7):1935-1939
Pubmed ID:

34152957
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC8237886
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

China ; Hong Kong
Volume:

27
Issue:

7
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:87692d329449ff2cc878dd8bfdb9f3afbbe308dbc5f646a696ddb01a22f295dd
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