April 8, 2020

expert encounter with international scientists on COVID-19

We hosted an online Expert Encounter press briefing with scientists from Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea.

The scientists gave a brief overview of the situations in their countries and then took questions from journalists.

The speakers included:

Prof Gabriel Leung, Helen and Francis Zimmern Professor in Population Health, and Chair of Public Health Medicine, University of Hong Kong

Dr Vernon Lee, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, and Director, Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health, Singapore

Prof Sung-Il Cho, Professor of Epidemiology, Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Health, South Korea

Prof David Heymann, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine