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Hong Kong leverages medical hub status for global pandemic readiness

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Hong Kong aims to solidify its position as a leading medical innovation hub to enhance global pandemic preparedness. The city's leader, John Lee, emphasized its unique role in combating emerging health threats, citing the recent hantavirus outbreak as an example. Lee highlighted Hong Kong's strengths within the Greater Bay Area and its alignment with national plans to accelerate the evaluation and application of innovative medical treatments. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Emily Hung ·

    Hong Kong leverages ‘unrivalled’ medical hub status amid global hantavirus alarm

    Hong Kong will serve as a global partner in pandemic preparedness, leveraging its “unrivalled” status as a medical innovation hub to combat emerging health threats such as a recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, the city’s leader and health chief have said. Speaking at the…

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