Kang, Wei http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7617-6323
Shami, Jessica J. P. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1084-1829
Yan, Vincent K. C. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5225-3032
Ye, Xuxiao http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9316-4666
Blais, Joseph E. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7895-198X
Li, Xue http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4836-7808
Lee, Victor H. F. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6283-978X
Chui, Celine S. L. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1513-8726
Lai, Francisco T. T. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9121-1959
Wan, Eric Y. F. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6275-1147
Wong, Carlos K. H. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6895-6071
Wong, Ian C. K. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8242-0014
Chan, Esther W. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7602-9470
Funding for this research was provided by:
Food and Health Bureau (COVID19F01)
Article History
Received: 31 January 2022
Accepted: 14 April 2022
First Online: 19 May 2022
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Hong Kong/Hospital Authority Hong Kong West Cluster (Reference Number: UW21-149) and the Department of Health Ethics Committee (LM21/2021). Informed patient consent was not required as the data used in this study were anonymized.
: Not applicable.
: XL has received internal funding from the University of Hong Kong; consultancy fees from Merck Sharp & Dohme; research and educational grants from Janssen and Pfizer; research grants from the Food and Health Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; all of which are outside this work. CSLC has received personal fees from Prime Vigilance; Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission from Pfizer, IQVIA, and Amgen; research grants from the Food and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; all of which are outside this work. FTTL has received the RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council; research grants from the Food and Health Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; both of which are outside this work. EYFW has received research grants from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council; research grants from the Food and Health Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; both of which are outside this work. CKHW reports receipt of research funding from the EuroQoL Group Research Foundation, the Hong Kong Research Grants Council, and the Hong Kong Health and Medical Research Fund; all of which are outside this work. ICKW has received research supports from Amgen, Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GSK, Janssen, Novartis, Pfizer, the Hong Kong Research Grants Council, the Food and Health Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; the National Health and Medical Research Council in Australia; National Institute for Health Research in England, European Commission, speaker fees from Janssen and Medice in the previous three years; and is an independent non-executive director of Jacobson Medical in Hong Kong; all of which are outside this work. EWC has received research funds and grants from Research Grants Council (RGC, Hong Kong), Research Fund Secretariat of the Food and Health Bureau, Narcotics Division of the Security Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, National Natural Science Fund of China, Amgen, Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Janssen, Pfizer, Takeda, Wellcome Trust; and reports honorarium from Hospital Authority; all of which are outside this work. All other authors declare no competing interests.