The Hong Kong Institute of Allergy and the Hong Kong Allergy Association co-organized the press conference on "Anaphylaxis in Hong Kong" on 27 June 2020 in Hong Kong.

Newspaper clippings from:
South China Morning Post (English)
Topick, Hong Kong Economic Times (Chinese)
on.cc (Chinese)
Ming Pao (Chinese)

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