COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, Disease outbreak in China
The COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong is part of the global health crisis caused by the coronavirus.
First identified in China in late 2019, the pandemic reached Hong Kong by January 2020.
Wearing masks became culturally ubiquitous in Hong Kong during the pandemic.
Strict travel restrictions were enforced to curb the virus's spread.
Hong Kong's response to the pandemic was shaped by its prior experience with the SARS outbreak in 2003.
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