Today was the last day of my RA Alvin to work at CityU of Hong Kong. We celebrate with nice Taiwanese foods, bubble teas, and Chocolate from Venchi. Finally, we still have a last presentation from him!!

During the forum, I shared my modelling results on how to prevent resurgence of COVID-19 after the relaxation of measures. Understanding how quarantine measures in Hong Kong were effective in limiting community spread can provide us with valuable insights into how to suppress an outbreak. However, challenges exist in evaluating the effects of quarantine on COVID-19 transmission dynamics in Hong Kong due to the fact that the effects of border control have to be also taken into account. I showed how the effects of intervention measures were estimated using a meta-population model.
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International Forum on Data Science Approaches to the COVID-19 Pandemic [Online]
Date and time: 28 and 29 May 2020 (Thursday and Friday), 9:00am – 12:00nn
https://www.sdsc.cityu.edu.hk/news-events/events
Prevention of COVID-19 after the Relaxation of
Control Measures (10:50 – 11:10am)
Dr Sean YUAN (Assistant Professor, Department of
Biomedical Sciences, CityU)

Dr. Yuan was giving a talk in a press conference at CityU in response of a threat from global spreading of 2019-ncov. The infectious disease modelling group has been grouping hard on estimating risk of ncov after lunar new year holiday in Hong Kong.

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Mingpao 

Had a great time with many mosquito borne disease expert from all over the world in Taiwan. My student Mesfin and I were presenting our latest research results during poster exhibition session at National Health Research Institutes on 25 Nov.

My great experience to attend this wonderful meeting on Sep 28, where I found many interesting talks and met many old and new friends from all over the world. Really enjoy the foods and the night scenes there. Gld to meet my old boss Prof. Riley and his current group members from Imperial college London.  

Dr. Yuan gave a talk with title "Effective control of Dengue fever  – Predicting the climate impacts on the risk of dengue fever and mosquitoes in Hong Kong" (登革熱科學防疫 –
預測氣候對香港登革熱與病媒蚊風險的影響) in Foshan, Guangdong. Thanks for the invitation from Guangdong CDC.

Having a nice Malaysian dinner to celebrate the achievement from our TA Kathleen, who will go to Harvard to study Biomedical Informatics. Can't wait to see a new fabulous scientist in the future. Congratulations!

春節期間，台灣高雄發生首例登革熱。寫了篇文章給蘋果日報論壇強調透過智慧科技的方式預測病媒蚊與登革熱。請大家指教(請參閱全文)。

與大學線學生記者們一起探討細菌蚊對生態環境的影響（全文）。感謝記者冼敏盈，許京妮，鄭悅庭對香港病媒蚊防制的關心。