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Albert Au Ka-wing

Albert Au Ka-wing
The latest news and top stories on Dr Albert Au Ka-wing. Known for his expertise in infectious disease control and public health surveillance, he is Head of the Communicable Disease Branch at Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection. He has a background in public health medicine since 2003, with responsibilities including outbreak investigation, disease surveillance and vaccination programmes. His work involves developing contingency plans for public health crises and he is currently active in managing the chikungunya fever threat, emphasising early detection and infection control. He is a Fellow of the Hong Kong College of Community Medicine.
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong fears new source for third locally acquired chikungunya infection

Centre for Health Protection says new case is a 45-year-old man who lives in Mount Haven, a private housing estate in Tsing Yi.

Hong Kong reports first locally acquired chikungunya fever case

Explainer | How can you protect yourself if Hong Kong has chikungunya fever outbreak?

Hong Kong has confirmed its first imported case of chikungunya fever since 2019, so should you worry about a local outbreak?

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