In this series to mark five years since Hong Kong recorded its first Covid-19 case on January 22, 2020, the Post looks at how some residents’ lives changed and examines the city’s readiness for the next global pandemic.
Hong Kong’s progress in producing vaccines to tackle infectious diseases has been stalled by a lack of private funding, among other reasons, experts have told the Post.
The Covid-19 pandemic fuelled local scientists’ desire to develop vaccines, but they have not managed to go beyond research and developing prototypes.
He is among scientists in the city keen to develop vaccines against infectious diseases.
In January 2020, barely a week after Hong Kong recorded its first Covid-19 case, he announced that his team had developed a vaccine targeting the coronavirus but needed time to carry out tests on animals.
