Coronavirus: plan to exempt more Hong Kong cross-border workers from...
A new Hong Kong scheme to exempt cross-border suppliers of essentials from compulsory quarantine measures amid the coronavirus pandemic has drawn more than 650 applications in a week, including some...
View ArticleHong Kong’s ‘cart noodles’ are irresistible to many, but certainly not worth...
It’s horrifying to hear a number of people have flouted the city’s quarantine rules by sneaking out to eat and go about their daily activities. This is even after the government expressly said those...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hongkongers flouting four-person group limit face arrest, as...
Hongkongers could face arrest if they breach a four-person limit on public gatherings imposed to curb a resurgent coronavirus outbreak, officials warned on Saturday.They urged people to comply with the...
View ArticleCoronavirus: scramble for gym, cinema sessions hours before Hong Kong’s...
Hongkongers on Saturday scrambled – some grudgingly – for a final chance to catch a film in the cinema or work up a sweat at gyms hours before a government ban on leisure venues kicked in at 6pm.Under...
View ArticleBlame Boris Johnson for giving my colleague the coronavirus
A British colleague whom I’m very fond of tested positive for Covid-19 on the same day that Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted he had contracted the coronavirus.She had just returned to Hong Kong...
View ArticleCoronavirus: 400 isolation beds to be added to Hong Kong’s public hospitals...
Hong Kong hospital chiefs have added 400 isolation beds for coronavirus patients, as the city reported 64 new cases, 47 of whom had a recent travel history.The latest infections on Saturday brought the...
View ArticleNew Chinese research may point to possible role of children in coronavirus...
Children tend to get less severe symptoms when they contract Covid-19 and cases can be harder to detect than in adults, new research in China has found, as health experts, parents and officials weigh...
View ArticleHong Kong’s ‘dirty teams’: medical workers at the front line of the war...
David (not his real name) is a doctor who works in a Kowloon hospital in Hong Kong, but his colleagues avoid him, and he only goes home once every two weeks to see his wife, spending other nights alone...
View ArticleCoronavirus: new social-distancing law may be repealed only after it becomes...
Hong Kong’s health minister has said that new regulations on social distancing may be repealed only after they become a “habit”, as she warned of further restrictions, such as on karaoke bars and...
View ArticlePark Lane, Dorsett among Hong Kong hotels offering half-price, long-stay...
Some hotels in Hong Kong are offering long-stay packages at half the normal rate to attract bookings from guests who need to be quarantined upon arrival from abroad.Hotel occupancy rates have plummeted...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong tourist dies of Covid-19 in Peru
A Hong Kong tourist has died in Peru after contracting Covid-19.Peru’s health ministry announced the death of the 64-year-old man on its website on Saturday, local time.“A man aged 64 from Hong Kong...
View ArticleTaipei Act at a time of ‘war’ may hurt Hong Kong as well
“We are at war” is perhaps the most widely used phrase by world leaders these days in the global fight against Covid-19, with no end in sight to the pandemic.In mainland China, where the coronavirus...
View ArticleCoronavirus: hospital beds in Hong Kong will run out ‘very soon’ under...
Hong Kong would run out of hospital beds to cope with the daily surge in coronavirus infections “very soon”, health officials warned, as the city confirmed another 59 cases on Sunday, taking the total...
View ArticleHong Kong government’s plan to encourage paper recycling excludes new...
A government plan to encourage paper recycling in Hong Kong by stabilising waste paper prices has excluded new business models and could cut recyclers’ profits as mainland China tightens import...
View ArticleCoronavirus: St Paul’s Co-educational College should postpone alumni...
An alumni association of a prestigious secondary school in Hong Kong should postpone its annual general meeting set for Tuesday, or turn to webcast if necessary, according to two advisers to the city’s...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong jails men who flouted Covid-19 quarantine rules
Three Hong Kong men who flouted isolation rules brought in to fight the spread of the deadly coronavirus were jailed for up to three months on Monday, in the city’s first such convictions.The longest...
View ArticleCoronavirus: as Covid-19 infections rise, strategy shift for Hong Kong’s...
With the daily tally of Covid-19 cases surging, Hong Kong is under pressure to shift its strategy for the city’s hospital beds by isolating asymptomatic patients and those with mild symptoms at...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong eyes chartered flights to bring home residents...
Hong Kong authorities are investigating the possibility of using chartered flights to bring home city residents stranded in Peru and Morocco amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Post has learned.The news...
View ArticleCoronavirus: hundreds to sit Hong Kong medical school exams this week despite...
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and Chinese University medical schools will hold written exams for hundreds of students this week after receiving special exemptions to a ban on gatherings of more...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong may turn sports and expo centres into temporary...
Hong Kong may look at using major sports and entertainment stadiums as an option to meet growing demand for isolation space, the Post has learned, as dozens of Covid-19 patients still wait for hospital...
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