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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2023 Oct 26;29(12).
doi: 10.3201/eid2912.230937. Online ahead of print.
Influenza Resurgence after Relaxation of Public Health and Social Measures, Hong Kong, 2023
Weijia Xiong, Benjamin J Cowling, Tim K Tsang
Soon after a mask mandate was relaxed (March 1, 2023), the first post-COVID-19 influenza season in Hong Kong lasted 12 weeks. After other preventive measures were accounted for, mask wearing was associated with an estimated 25% reduction in influenza transmission. Influenza resurgence probably resulted from relaxation of mask mandates and other measures.
Keywords: COVID-19; Hong Kong; Influenza; face mask; impact of public health and social measures; reproductive number; respiratory infections; viruses.
. 2023 Oct 26;29(12).
doi: 10.3201/eid2912.230937. Online ahead of print.
Influenza Resurgence after Relaxation of Public Health and Social Measures, Hong Kong, 2023
Weijia Xiong, Benjamin J Cowling, Tim K Tsang
- PMID: 37885047
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2912.230937
Soon after a mask mandate was relaxed (March 1, 2023), the first post-COVID-19 influenza season in Hong Kong lasted 12 weeks. After other preventive measures were accounted for, mask wearing was associated with an estimated 25% reduction in influenza transmission. Influenza resurgence probably resulted from relaxation of mask mandates and other measures.
Keywords: COVID-19; Hong Kong; Influenza; face mask; impact of public health and social measures; reproductive number; respiratory infections; viruses.