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PolyU Rehabilitation Sciences Department Develops Mental Health Assessment and Resilience Information Platform (e-MERIT)

Director-General Zhong Jichang of the Liaison Office participates in the distribution of COVID-19 supplies at PolyU

Director-General Zhong Jichang of the Liaison Office participates in the distribution of COVID-19 supplies at PolyU

Distribution of anti-epidemic packages to PolyU staff and students

PolyU and Youth Anti-Coronavirus Link join hands to distribute anti-epidemic packages to PolyU staff and students

RS students join forces to help at hostels for persons with disabilities and the elderly in the pandemic

Students from the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences join forces to help at hostels for persons with disabilities and the elderly

Secretary for Food and Health visits the Caroline Hill Road Community Vaccination Centre today

Secretary for Food and Health visits the Caroline Hill Road Community Vaccination Centre today

PolyU’s School of Nursing strongly supports the Caroline Hill Road Pop-up Community Vaccination Centre; Chief Executive and Secretary for the Civil Service visit the Centre today

PolyU’s School of Nursing strongly supports the Caroline Hill Road Pop-up Community Vaccination Centre; Chief Executive and Secretary for the Civil Service visit the Centre on 29 Mar 2020

PolyU’s new support centre for the Hospital Authority’s COVID-19 hotline

PolyU sets up support centre for the Hospital Authority’s COVID-19 hotline

Donation from mainland alumni

PolyU alumni and students on the Mainland donate supplies to alma mater to fight the COVID-19 pandemic

Distribution of donated supplies to nursing homes

Distribution of anti-epidemic supplies to local nursing homes

Donation of face masks to grassroots families and ethnic minorities

Donation of face masks to grassroots families and ethnic minorities

undation Limited joins hands with PolyU to combat COVID-19 pandemic

ACCA Charitable Foundation Limited joins hands with PolyU to combat COVID-19 pandemic

Working at Heep Hong Society, Ms Sinfia VONG is happy to be able to help pre-school children with special educational needs to develop their potential

PolyU master’s degree programmes train talents in occupational therapy and physiotherapy meeting urgent demand for healthcare/ rehabilitation manpower

Donation of Face Masks to Sheng Kung Hui Holy Spirit Primary School

Donation of face masks to Sheng Kung Hui Holy Spirit Primary School

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Collective responses from University Social Responsibility Network’s member institutions in fighting COVID-19

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Donation of face shields to frontline cleaners

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Students provide anti-epidemic packages and hygienic tips to the underprivileged

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Hand antiseptic liquid for elderly and the underprivileged groups

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Alumni and students supporting frontline medical staff in Wuhan fighting against COVID-19

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Donations from alumni to support relief operations

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PolyU researcher uses her medical laboratory expertise to support the viral nucleic acid test service of the Princess Margaret Hospital.

Hazel Lo

PolyU’s alumnus heads to Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan as a volunteer in January and supported the hospital by designing a negative pressure isolation ward and supplying disinfect equipment. Li also helped to establish a medical waste incineration facility for infectious medical waste disposal.

Li Haijian

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Alumnus establishes a digital intelligent platform, resolving the challenges of transporting supplies of protective equipment.

Liu Yue

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Alumnus establishes a research team to develop a new monitoring platform for analysing COVID-19 data. The platform provides epidemic control data to State ministries and commissions, covering 334 cities in 31 provinces and autonomous regions in mainland China.

Luo Weidong

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Alumnus develops the COOS cloud platform which covers real-time data and information, including global epidemic database, AI analysis, press statements, historical figures about COV/SARS/MERS, health reports, block-chain passes and inspection records. With the help of this cloud platform, staff from over 100 enterprises can resume their work smoothly during the epidemic. Government bodies and enterprises in mainland China can access the platform for free, making their prevention planning work much easier.

Yang Zhongxung

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Alumnus sets up the "Portable Digital Radiography (DR) system" and "Dynamic DR Tablet", allowing medical staff to make early diagnosis of COVID-19 patients when they are at the initial stage and performs lung radiography imaging for their patients.

Wang Yimin

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Alumni entrepreneurs allocate their companies' resources to setup local mask production lines

Gordon Tam Chi-ho & Ho Sik-hon

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