TY - JOUR T1 - Social distancing and cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic JF - BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care JO - BMJ Support Palliat Care DO - 10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002489 SP - bmjspcare-2020-002489 AU - Wing Lok Chan AU - Pui-Ying Patty Ho AU - Kwok-Keung Yuen Y1 - 2020/09/04 UR - http://spcare.bmj.com/content/early/2020/09/03/bmjspcare-2020-002489.abstract N2 - SARS infected 1755 and killed 299 people in Hong Kong in 2003. On receiving the news of a COVID-19 outbreak in Mainland China, Hong Kong, as the closest city, was determined not to let history repeat itself. The government was quick and took major measures which included stringent border controls, health quarantine for inbound travellers, restrictions on gatherings of more than four people and so on.In response to the pandemic threat, the hospital authority raised the emergency response level to the highest since 25 January 2020. Under this, all patient visits were … ER -