Hong Kong trader sourcing masks in Russia held for quarantine violation,...
A Hong Kong trader sourcing masks in Russia is facing legal action by the country’s government over a quarantine violation, and could be deported.The businessman, in his 30s and who declined to be...
View ArticleWorld Health Organisation monitoring Hong Kong dog’s coronavirus tests
Global health chiefs are working with Hong Kong authorities and scientists looking into the case of a pet dog that tested “weak positive” for the coronavirus.The Pomeranian, believed to belong to a...
View ArticleCoronavirus: study shows half of patients in mainland China had no fever...
More than half of mainland China’s Covid-19 patients did not have a fever when admitted to hospital, a leading researcher said on Saturday, calling on the Hong Kong government to introduce social...
View ArticleMultimillion-dollar plan not enough to retain doctors in public hospitals,...
A multimillion-dollar plan to retain talent at Hong Kong’s public hospitals has received a lukewarm response from the city’s health sector, with experts blaming political rows, the coronavirus outbreak...
View ArticleCoronavirus fuels rise in Hong Kong domestic worker sackings
Jennifer, a domestic worker from the Philippines, avoided going out too much after Hong Kong recorded its first coronavirus case on January 22 and fears began to grow about the outbreak. But in early...
View ArticleCoronavirus: how Hong Kong parents are coping as outbreak keeps schools closed
When Betty Lai Po-man heard about the rapid spread of the coronavirus in January, she decided to leave Hong Kong and take her two children to Britain, where her husband, Marco, is from.After arriving...
View ArticleFrom social work to delivering groceries: Hong Kong civil servants cry foul...
Hundreds of social workers in Hong Kong have been forced to stop counselling and deliver groceries instead amid the coronavirus epidemic, and they are not happy about it.With thousands of residents...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong expert claims outbreak is now a pandemic and US death...
A top medical expert in Hong Kong believes the coronavirus epidemic can now be labelled a global pandemic, as it has spread quickly across several countries.Professor Gabriel Leung, dean of the...
View ArticleCoronavirus crisis a ‘tsunami’ for Hong Kong’s film industry already hit by...
Hong Kong’s movie production has ground to a halt as the city scrambles to contain the coronavirus outbreak, with an industry veteran warning of a “tsunami” to come for a sector already hit by the...
View ArticleProtest shadow over coronavirus? Hong Kong civic groups banned from using...
Civic groups in Hong Kong have been banned from using district council funds to purchase yellow and black masks for mass distribution, despite a citywide shortage of the protective gear amid the...
View ArticleOnly major Hong Kong museum defying coronavirus by staying open suffers...
The only major museum in Hong Kong to stay open over the last few weeks of the coronavirus crisis has suffered a collapse in visitor numbers.Bosses at the privately owned Hong Kong Maritime Museum in...
View ArticleCoronavirus: 450 Hongkongers stranded in Wuhan set to return home this week
More than 450 Hongkongers stranded in the coronavirus-stricken mainland Chinese city of Wuhan are set to return home on government-chartered flights this week.Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland...
View ArticleCoronavirus: most of Hong Kong’s 180,000 civil servants return to offices,...
Most of Hong Kong’s 180,000 civil servants returned to their offices on Monday after a month working from home as a drastic precaution against the coronavirus, despite persisting fears about inadequate...
View ArticleFinancial system remains steady despite ‘shocks’ of coronavirus, protests,...
Hong Kong’s currency has slipped from a recent three-year high as the deadly coronavirus outbreak unfolded, but the city’s de facto central bank insists the financial system remains stable despite the...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong reaches 100 confirmed cases as two more infections...
Hong Kong reached a total of 100 coronavirus cases on Monday, after infections were confirmed in two people, a woman who had been on the virus-struck Diamond Princess cruise ship and the brother of...
View ArticleCoronavirus: historic Hong Kong border checkpoint sparks fears of quarantine...
For nearly three weeks, Hongkongers living on Chung Ying Street – a road where the boundaries between the city and mainland China blur – have been able to travel to Shenzhen and back without fear of...
View ArticleCoronavirus: top WHO official praises Hong Kong, Singapore for ‘very...
A top official from a global health watchdog has praised the “very effective” measures Hong Kong is taking to suppress transmission of the new coronavirus, as the city recorded no new cases on...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong Jockey Club closing Happy Valley clubhouse after...
The Hong Kong Jockey Club is closing its Happy Valley clubhouse from Wednesday after a 63-year-old member who had visited the premises multiple times over the past few weeks was confirmed to be...
View ArticleCoronavirus: after weeks of waiting, 244 Hong Kong residents return from...
A total of 244 Hong Kong residents evacuated from the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in mainland China landed back home on Wednesday and were sent to the quarantine facility at Fo Tan for a...
View ArticleAbout 100 Hongkongers evacuated from Diamond Princess free to leave Fo Tan...
About 100 Hongkongers evacuated from the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship will finally be free to leave the quarantine facilities at Fo Tan in Sha Tin in the early hours of...
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