Hong Kong’s Covid Crisis
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🗓️ 18 March 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Hong Kong's zero-COVID policy got enviable results, but inadvertently set the stage for disaster. What will it take to change course?
Guest: Dr. Karen Grépin, Associate Professor at the School of Public Health at the University of Hong Kong
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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