(Left) Professor Paul CHAN, Chairman of the Department of Microbiology and Associate Director of the Centre for Gut Microbiota Research; Professor Francis CHAN, Dean of CU Medicine and Director of the Centre for Gut Microbiota Research; and Professor Siew NG, Associate Director of the Centre for Gut Microbiota Research, at CUHK.

Abstract

We discovered COVID-19 patients have active and prolonged gut viral infection for the first time, even in the absence of GI symptoms and after recovery. A Coronavirus Testing Centre to enhance Hong Kong’s capacity to test for COVID-19.

The discovery has impacted the clinical management of COVID-19 patients and was published in the international medical journal GUT.

Details of the Coronavirus Testing Centre: https://bit.ly/3cnvnPL