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August 6 HKUMed reports that acute SARS-CoV-2 infection impairs human immune defences, with significant implications for viral transmission, disease severity and vaccine research September 21 HKUMed researchers find local superspreading featured prominently in the overall SARS-CoV-2 transmission during Hong Kong’s first and second waves, which has implications for continuing social restrictions October 12 HKU scientists and microbiologists jointly discover a novel antiviral strategy for treating COVID-19 using existing metallodrugs September 4 The HKSAR Government relaxes social distancing rules as case numbers decline. But curbs would be reintroduced when more locally-transmitted cases surface again September 1 The HKSAR Government launches the Universal Community Testing Programme with 141 testing centres across the city September 27 The global death toll from COVID-19 exceeds one million August 15 120 members of staff working at the Kwai Chung Container Terminal are moved into quarantine October 2 US President Donald Trump tests positive for COVID-19 August 4 HKUMed researchers are the first to discover that SARS-CoV-2 infects human neural progenitor cells and brain organoids August 18 HKUMed researchers discover that ORF8 and ORF3b are major targets of the SARS-CoV-2 humoral immune response, meaning they can be used for more specific testing of COVID-19 infection As of 30/10/2020 Local events Non-local events HKUMed events 39