10 Facts About Sophia Chan

Sophia Chan served as Secretary for Food and Health from 2017 to 2022.

Sophia Chan was educated at the St Paul's Secondary School.

Sophia Chan subsequently graduated from the University of Manchester with a Master of Education, the Harvard University with a Master of Public Health and the University of Hong Kong with a Doctor of Philosophy Degree.

Sophia Chan was a Professor in Nursing and Director of Research in HKU's School of Nursing and an Assistant Dean of the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of HKU.

Sophia Chan was involved in tobacco control and smoking cessation promotion and was a consultant to the World Health Organization on training health-care professionals in tobacco dependency treatment interventions through advocacy and education.

In February 2021, Chan gave approval for emergency use of the Sinovac vaccine, and granted it an exemption from a rule that stated vaccines must have third phase clinical trial data published in a journal.

In December 2021, Sophia Chan claimed that having only "patriots" serve in the government would help the global fight against COVID-19.

On 31 December 2021, Sophia Chan warned the public not to gather in large groups; hours later, she attended the Hong Kong Dental Association's annual ball, as the guest of honor.

In March 2022, Sophia Chan said that a COVID-19 lockdown in Hong Kong had not been ruled out, contradicting an earlier statement by Carrie Lam, who said that a lockdown would not happen.

In November 2022, Sophia Chan said that the government was not underprepared for the city's fifth wave, and when asked if the administration should apologize to relatives of those who died, Sophia Chan said it was time for people to move on.