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SCRI predicts five more districts to face high Omicron risks

12 Jan 2022


The research team led by Prof. Shi Wenzhong, Director of the Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Smart Cities Research Institute predicted the spatiotemporal spread of Omicron in the Hong Kong community by big data, using the locations of patients, time of their diagnosis and developing symptoms, population mobility, vaccination rate, and social distance index to figure out high-risk areas. The average risk of being infected with Omicron in Hong Kong will increase in the next week, with high-risk districts rising to 11 from the current six, to include areas such as Sha Tin and Kowloon Bay.

Online coverage (English)
SCMP - https://polyu.me/3fcBgSb
The Standard - https://polyu.me/3K2z8dZ

Online coverage (Chinese)
Now TV - https://polyu.me/3qfL58e 
RTHK - https://polyu.me/3HK8YL8
Oriental Daily News - https://polyu.me/3GjOf0p 
Hong Kong Economic Times - https://polyu.me/3tfJIZa 
Sing Tao Daily - https://polyu.me/3FiXTix 
am730 - https://polyu.me/3ndXjwc
Sky Post - https://polyu.me/3f9qxYH 
Wen Wei Po - https://polyu.me/3IcBAgr
Hong Kong Commercial Daily - https://polyu.me/3zLt7h6 
HK01 - https://polyu.me/33mrKJw



Research Units Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Smart Cities Research Institute

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