Hong Kong, Singapore sign pact on communicable diseases control


Hong Kong's Director of Health Ronald Lam (first left), Centre for Health Protection Controller Edwin Tsui (second left), and Executive Director of Singapore's interim Communicable Diseases Agency of Singapore Vernon Lee (second right) pose for a group photo after the signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding on the prevention and control of communicable diseases, in Singapore on Aug 22, 2024. - Photo: HKSAR government

HONG KONG: Hong Kong signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Singapore on preventing communicable diseases during a three-day visit of a Department of Health delegation.

At the invitation of Singapore's health ministry, Hong Kong's Director of Health Ronald Lam led a team to the city state's interim Communicable Diseases Agency (iCDA) on Thursday (Aug 22) where Centre for Health Protection Controller Edwin Tsui signed the MoU with the iCDA Executive Director Vernon Lee.

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