Hong Kong faces challenge in plan to evacuate residents from Hubei amid...
Hong Kong’s quarantine facilities have only about 700 places left, a top official said on Sunday, as the government faces the challenge of evacuating later this month some of the 3,400 city residents...
View ArticleMore than 90 per cent of applicants to Hong Kong government’s subsidy for...
More than 90 per cent of applicants for a HK$1.5 billion government fund to subsidise the production of surgical masks in Hong Kong have failed to meet basic requirements.Of 63 entries, only two...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong government told to double the number of tests...
Medical experts have urged officials to double the number of coronavirus tests carried out daily in Hong Kong to better trace the city’s chains of infection, as they warned the public against Covid-19...
View ArticleCoronavirus: eight more households evacuated from Hong Kong housing block...
Eight more households were evacuated overnight from a Hong Kong public housing block where three coronavirus patients lived, health officials said on Sunday as the city confirmed seven Covid-19 cases,...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong issues ‘red’ travel alert on the United States,...
Hong Kong has issued a red travel alert on the United States, Britain and Ireland and will impose a 14-day quarantine period on all arrivals from the three countries and Egypt from Thursday in a bid to...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong students adapt to online learning amid class...
For 12-year-old Kaitlyn Yu Ching, staying home for online learning over the past month did not make much difference from face-to-face lessons, as live-streamed classes were conducted following a strict...
View ArticleCoronavirus: more rescue flights planned for Hongkongers stranded in Hubei,...
More chartered flights will be sent to pick up Hongkongers stranded in the mainland Chinese province at the centre of the Covid-19 pandemic later this month, officials have announced, as the city...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong considers ramping up travel restrictions and placing...
Hong Kong authorities are considering ramping up travel restrictions to place anyone coming into the city under mandatory quarantine orders, as it faces a second wave of imported coronavirus infections...
View ArticleCoronavirus: as travellers rush to beat quarantine measures on Britain and...
Travellers scrambling to return to Hong Kong before new quarantine measures hit arrivals from popular study-abroad destinations have bought all available tickets and sent prices for seats on later...
View ArticleCoronavirus: around 20 arrivals at Hong Kong airport found to have fever and...
Around 20 people who arrived at Hong Kong airport on Monday evening were found to have a fever and were sent to several hospitals, medical sources said, raising fears that more coronavirus infections...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong employers called ‘irresponsible’ as survey reveals...
Tens of thousands of domestic workers in Hong Kong have not been given any surgical masks or hand sanitiser during the coronavirus crisis, according to a survey, raising fears employers are leaving...
View ArticleCoronavirus crisis puts ‘telemedicine’ back in the picture for long-time...
Hong Kong’s medical watchdog has come under increasing pressure to clarify its rules on remote and electronic consultations, as patients turn to technology to reduce social contact and avoid infection...
View ArticleCoronavirus: as barriers to movement rise, Hong Kong travel agencies pull...
Tens of thousands of Hongkongers have seen their holiday plans scrapped as the Covid-19 pandemic sweeps across Asia, Europe and America, with two major Hong Kong travel agencies pulling the plug on...
View ArticleCoronavirus: 10 new Hong Kong cases is the city’s biggest daily increase, as...
Ten new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Hong Kong on Tuesday, marking the city’s largest daily increase and taking its total to 167.At least eight of those had travel history, with four returning...
View ArticleCoronavirus can be transmitted through faeces, Chinese University study...
People showing symptoms of the deadly coronavirus could have their stool tested as an alternative screening tool to deep throat saliva, Chinese University of Hong Kong experts say, after their study...
View ArticleCoronavirus: International alert as Hong Kong skiers return from Whistler and...
Two Hong Kong women have tested positive for Covid-19 upon returning from a Canadian skiing holiday in Whistler and Vancouver, triggering an international investigation into their cases.The women were...
View ArticleFirst dog found with coronavirus has died after returning home virus-free...
The first dog in the world to be found with the new coronavirus died on Monday after testing negative for the disease and returning home, according to Hong Kong’s animal welfare authority.The...
View ArticleSCMP closes offices over confirmed Covid-19 case involving freelancer, but...
The South China Morning Post has closed its headquarters in Causeway Bay’s Times Square building after a freelancer working in its newsroom tested positive for the coronavirus and was later confirmed...
View ArticleCoronavirus: lockdown of public showers leaves Hong Kong’s homeless...
Last week, an unexpectedly locked door suddenly left 57-year-old Yip with no way to shower, even as the ongoing spread of Covid-19 in Hong Kong has heightened the need to stay clean.The homeless man,...
View ArticleHong Kong government extends new travel restrictions to aircrew but...
Hong Kong will extend its new travel restrictions to aircrew, the Department of Health says, meaning pilots and flight attendants will have to undergo 14 days of quarantine on arrival from abroad but...
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