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Mar 27, 2013 (Menafn - M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) --The Food & Health Bureau, the Centre for Health Protection and other departments today conducted a desktop exercise to test their preparedness for any outbreak of novel coronavirus-associated severe respiratory disease.
In the simulation, Hong Kong encountered its first imported coronavirus case, and 36 senior representatives of government agencies and other organisations held a serious response level steering committee meeting, chaired by the Secretary for Food & Health.
They assessed the risk level by considering areas of transmissibility, geographical spread, clinical severity, pre-existing immunity, availability of effective preventive measures and international health authorities' recommendations.
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In the simulation, Hong Kong encountered its first imported coronavirus case, and 36 senior representatives of government agencies and other organisations held a serious response level steering committee meeting, chaired by the Secretary for Food & Health.
They assessed the risk level by considering areas of transmissibility, geographical spread, clinical severity, pre-existing immunity, availability of effective preventive measures and international health authorities' recommendations.
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