The Secretary for Food and Health, Professor Sophia Chan (centre); the Controller of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, Dr Wong Ka-hing (second left); the Head of the Communicable Disease Branch of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan (first left); the Director (Quality and Safety) of the Hospital Authority, Dr Chung Kin-lai (second right), and the Chief Manager (Infection, Emergency and Contingency) of the Hospital Authority, Dr Vivien Chuang (first right), today (January 7) hold a press conference on response measures to prevent and control novel infectious disease.