​​Nowcasting COVID-19 epidemics in Hong Kong and Beijing​
Diverse patterns of COVID-19 epidemics have been observed in populations with varied social demographics, vaccination coverages, past waves of outbreaks, and public health and social measures (PHSMs) implemented in response. This seminar will discuss how nowcasting of the Omicron epidemics was enhanced from January to August 2022 in Hong Kong by integrating evolving data streams that gradually became available and implemented the model in the nowcasting of Beijing’s Omicron BF.7 epidemics in November 2022 to January 2023.