Yuen Kwok-yung

thumb|Yuen Kwok-yung Yuen Kwok-yung (袁國勇; born 30 December 1956) is a Hong Kong microbiologist, physician and surgeon at the University of Hong Kong. Quotes The coronavirus in SARS or the coronavirus in MERS are in the same family of virus with the new (COVID-19) coronavirus. Yuen Kwok-yung (2020) cited in "China coronavirus: Hong Kong professor Yuen Kwok-yung says effectiveness of drugs could be judged within weeks, with tests due to start in city" on South China Morning Post, 29 January 2020. If local (COVID-19) transmission is indeed established, that could be very dangerous, and Hong Kong can become another Wuhan. Yuen Kwok-yung (2020) cited in "'Hong Kong in danger of becoming another Wuhan'" on rthk.hk, 2 February 2020. The local (COVID-19) transmission chain (in Hong Kong) has begun (as of 6 February 2020), and if we do nothing to control it, Hong Kong will become another mainland city that has suffered lots of cases. Yuen Kwok-yung (2020) cited in "Coronavirus: community outbreak declared in Hong Kong as government prepares to quarantine mainland Chinese entering city in hotels and facilities" on South China Morning Post, 6 February 2020. External links Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:People from Hong Kong Category:Scientists from China