Coronavirus: Hong Kong reports no new cases of Covid-19 for second day in a row, as government announces HK$111 million in research funding
- Number of infections in the city remains at 1,037
- University of Hong Kong and Chinese University to get cash for 26 medical studies
Hong Kong again reported zero new coronavirus cases on Monday, the second day in a row and the fourth time in eight days, as the government said it had approved HK$111 million (US$14.3 million) in funding for research into Covid-19.
The number of total infections in the city remained at 1,037, and there have been four deaths. The Centre for Health Protection last reported two confirmed cases on April 25. Both patients recently returned to Hong Kong from overseas.
On Monday, the government also announced the funding for 26 medical research studies that will be carried out by the city’s two medical schools at the University of Hong Kong and Chinese University.
The studies are expected to cover such topics as development of vaccines, investigation of the properties, characteristics, spread, infection and effective therapeutic interventions of the virus that causes Covid-19, as well as an investigation into Hong Kong’s system of early detection, assessment and response to the outbreak.
“These studies address important research areas in transmissibility and infectability of the virus, effective detection and surveillance and prevention strategies of the disease and development of treatments and therapies,” said a government statement.
