Corresponding address:
Dr. Mike Yat-Wah Kwan, Consultant, Hospital Authority. Email address:
kwanyw1@ha.org.hk; Postal
address: 3rd Floor, Block S, Hospital Authority
Infectious Disease Centre, Lai King Hill Road, Kwai Chung, Lai Chi Kok,
Hong Kong SAR, China; Tel:(+852) 29903243
Dr. Patrick Ip, Clinical Associate Professor, The University of Hong
Kong (main correspondence). Email address:
patricip@hku.hk; Postal
address: Room 115, 1/F, New Clinical Building, Queen Mary Hospital, 102
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China; Tel: (+852) 22554090, Fax: (+852)
28551523
Funding: This work was supported by the Hong Kong Collaborative
Research Fund (CRF) 2020/21 and the CRF Coronavirus and Novel Infectious
Diseases Research Exercises (Reference Number: C7149-20G), and the
Health and Medical Research Fund (Reference number: COVID190106). The
funding sources were not involved in the study design, data collection,
analysis, and interpretation; writing of the manuscripts; and the
decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
Conflict of interest disclosures: The authors declare that
there are no conflicts of interest relevant to this article
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