Impact of SARS-CoV-2 antivirals to mitigate virus spread and reduce COVID-19 disease in the population


Grant Data
Project Title
Impact of SARS-CoV-2 antivirals to mitigate virus spread and reduce COVID-19 disease in the population
Principal Investigator
Dr Du, Zhanwei   (Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Dr Bai Yuan   (Co-Investigator)
Dr Wu Peng   (Co-principal investigator)
Dr Lau Eric Ho Yin   (Co-principal investigator)
Professor Cowling Benjamin John   (Co-principal investigator)
Duration
24
Start Date
2023-01-15
Amount
795896
Conference Title
Impact of SARS-CoV-2 antivirals to mitigate virus spread and reduce COVID-19 disease in the population
Keywords
""infectious disease"", ""antiviral"", ""SARS-CoV-2"", ""COVID-19"", ""impact""
Discipline
Public Health
HKU Project Code
07210147
Grant Type
HMRF Research Fellowship Scheme 2021
Funding Year
2022
Status
On-going
Objectives
We propose a study aiming to project the impact of mass treat ent by a specific COVID-19 antiviral that rapidly reduces infetiousness or severe sympotoms in treated patients in the Hong Kong and USA population.