Cruise ship with 3,600 passengers faces quarantine in Hong Kong after reports...
A cruise ship on which three mainland Chinese travellers diagnosed with the new coronavirus had previously sailed was forced to return to Hong Kong on Wednesday and faces a quarantine, with dozens of...
View ArticleCoronavirus: three new cases in Hong Kong include wife and daughter of man...
Three more people in Hong Kong tested positive for the new coronavirus on Wednesday.If the infection is confirmed in further tests, it will take the total number of cases in the city to 21.Sources said...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong Disneyland Resort hotels suggested as quarantine centres
Calls grew on Wednesday to use hotels at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort as quarantine centres as the city tackled the deadly coronavirus outbreak.Former chief secretary Henry Tang Ying-yen added his voice...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong men charged with assaulting police during Heritage...
Two Hong Kong men charged with assaulting police officers during a protest against a new coronavirus quarantine site have been banned from the facility and parts of the surrounding area as part of...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong hospital workers vow to press on with strike as union...
A union for public hospital workers on Wednesday rejected the Hong Kong leader’s plan to implement mandatory quarantine measures on travellers arriving from mainland China rather than a full closure of...
View ArticleCoronavirus: mask shortage forces Hong Kong clinic closures, while cleaners’...
At least 15 clinics in Hong Kong have been closed until further notice after running out of masks amid the coronavirus outbreak, while a doctors’ association warned 400 more could run out in the next...
View ArticleCoronavirus: single mother uses same mask for five days as grass roots priced...
Missing from Hong Kong’s mammoth queues for masks amid the coronavirus outbreak are many elderly too weak or poor to join them, with some resorting to steaming the few masks they have left and one...
View ArticleAlcohol baths, reused masks, and lonely Sundays: Hong Kong domestic helpers...
Urged to spend their only day off at their employers’ homes, with some facing termination if they refused, Hong Kong’s foreign domestic workers and rights advocates say the group is being singled out...
View ArticleCoronavirus fears spread to Hong Kong employees at bank, telecoms company and...
Bank and telecommunication employees, as well as staff at a boutique fashion outlet in Hong Kong are among people in self-quarantine following contact with confirmed coronavirus cases, as the city...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Taiwan restricts Hong Kong and Macau travellers amid outbreak...
Taiwan will impose restrictions on Hong Kong and Macau citizens who plan to visit the island as the coronavirus outbreak forces authorities to raise a travel alert for both cities to Level 2, according...
View ArticleFood and beverage industry in Hong Kong posts first annual decline in revenue...
Hong Kong’s food and beverage industry has posted its first annual decline in earnings since the Sars outbreak in 2003, with greater headwinds expected amid the coronavirus epidemic.Revenue for the...
View ArticleCoronavirus: rice, toilet paper and dried goods fly off shelves as rumours...
Toilet paper and dried goods are flying off Hong Kong supermarket shelves as shoppers prepare for the deadly coronavirus by bulk buying while limiting trips to save masks.But many were disappointed to...
View ArticleWho owns the coronavirus cure? China’s move to patent Gilead’s experimental...
China has applied to patent a drug candidate being developed by Gilead Sciences as the government rushes to find the cure for the deadly coronavirus, a move that could raise questions on intellectual...
View ArticleWith on-campus classes suspended amid coronavirus, Hong Kong student unions...
At least six Hong Kong university student unions are demanding a partial refund of tuition fees after face-to-face classes on campus were axed for at least a month amid the deadly coronavirus...
View ArticleCoronavirus: community outbreak declared in Hong Kong as government prepares...
A top microbiologist has declared a community outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in Hong Kong as a government adviser revealed mainland Chinese entering the city could be quarantined in hotels or...
View ArticleCoronavirus: thousands more cruise passengers might have been exposed to...
Thousands more people than previously thought might have been exposed to the deadly coronavirus, after a cruise line admitted one of its ships had sailed four times since carrying eight mainland...
View ArticleNew confirmed coronavirus case in Hong Kong, as two more test positive
Two more patients in Hong Kong tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, as another case was confirmed.The confirmation brought the city’s tally of infections to 22, and it could reach 24 if the...
View ArticleCoronavirus: ‘huge headache’ trying to get more than 2,000 stranded...
A Hong Kong family of four who have got stuck in Hubei province for a fortnight amid a lockdown prompted by the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus have only three surgical masks left to share as they...
View ArticleHong Kong police, fire services to form contingency teams to provide support...
Hong Kong police and fire services will set up contingency teams to provide support, especially at quarantine sites, as the city braces for wider outbreaks of the deadly coronavirus.Government sources...
View ArticleHong Kong researchers unveil device that can detect coronavirus infections...
A group of Hong Kong researchers said on Thursday they had invented a cost-effective device for identifying the novel coronavirus in just 40 minutes.The team, led by Weijia Wen, a physics professor at...
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