Molecular epidemiological study of COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong

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Grant Data
Project Title
Molecular epidemiological study of COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong
Principal Investigator
Professor Poon, Lit Man Leo   (Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Professor Leung Gabriel Matthew   (Co-Investigator)
Duration
18
Start Date
2020-08-01
Amount
20780648
Conference Title
Molecular epidemiological study of COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong
Presentation Title
Keywords
COVID-19 cases, olecular epidemiological
Discipline
Others - Medicine, Dentistry and Health
HKU Project Code
COVID190205
Grant Type
Commissioned Research on the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Funding Year
2020
Status
On-going
Objectives
Generate and use high quality SARS-CoV-2 sequence data to inform field investigations, epidemiological studies and public health response. We aim at analysing 2,080 SARS-CoV-2-genomes over a one-year period.