The invention

The invention
Sewage virus surveillance-based real-time epidemic prediction and control system

Sewage virus surveillance-based real-time epidemic prediction and control system

Q: Foodstuffs – Drinks – Cosmetics – Paramedical – Health – Hygiene

Informations

Stand number
G121
Exhibition class
Q: Foodstuffs – Drinks – Cosmetics – Paramedical – Health – Hygiene
Technical description
A citywide sewage surveillance system for real-time epidemic control. Contained the COVID-19 outbreak using the system in two months without city lockdown. Continuously applicable in the post-pandemic period.
Simplified description
The HKSAR Government created a groundbreaking sewage surveillance system to monitor pandemics in real time. This system successfully contained a COVID-19 outbreak within two months without needing a city lockdown.
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