Coronavirus: social distancing could save millions of lives, study says
The Covid-19 pandemic could kill as many as 20 million people worldwide this year even if people take steps to reduce their social contacts, according to a mathematical model developed by researchers...
View ArticleHong Kong’s co-living operators slash prices by up to half as people observe...
Operators of shared living spaces in Hong Kong have slashed their monthly rates by as much as 50 per cent as they navigate a new normal of social distancing and people avoiding large crowds amid the...
View ArticleAs coronavirus outbreak, containment measures weigh on sector, Hong Kong home...
Hong Kong home prices recorded their steepest drop in 15 months in February, and are expected to decline by up to 20 per cent from a peak in June 2019 by year-end amid the coronavirus pandemic.An index...
View ArticleCoronavirus: at least 60 more test positive for Covid-19 in Hong Kong, as...
Hong Kong could discharge recovering Covid-19 patients to make better use of isolation wards that are nearing full capacity, the city’s leader said on Tuesday, as it was revealed that at least another...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong retail sales in record 44 per cent decline as health...
Sales in Hong Kong plummeted a record 44 per cent in February, official year-on-year figures revealed on Tuesday, as coronavirus-stricken retailers warned even the strongest faced collapse without more...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong may shorten stays at quarantine centres to free up...
Hong Kong may shorten the length of time people spend in quarantine camps to free up much-needed space as the government faces the challenge of tackling a steadily climbing number of coronavirus...
View ArticleCoronavirus: hamsters may show path toward reducing viral load in Covid-19...
Hong Kong scientists are using a blood serum from hamsters that have recovered from Covid-19 in experiments they say have significantly reduced the viral loads in other subjects.The experiments have...
View ArticleCoronavirus: pet cat in Hong Kong tests positive after owner becomes infected
A domestic cat in Hong Kong has tested positive for the coronavirus – the second in the world to do so – after its owner became infected, according to the city’s animal welfare authority.Oral cavity,...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hongkongers stuck in Peru to fly home this week
Hong Kong residents stranded for weeks in locked-down Peru will finally be able to return home after the city’s government arranged a charted flight to depart on Friday.The South American country shut...
View ArticleCoronavirus: top Hong Kong school holds AGM attended by dozens despite...
Dozens of people attended a prestigious Hong Kong school’s annual general meeting on Tuesday despite appeals from government advisers to postpone it until the coronavirus threat has passed.Organised by...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong shuts karaoke lounges, mahjong parlours and nightclubs...
Hong Kong suddenly shut down karaoke lounges, mahjong parlours and nightclubs on Wednesday, getting tougher on growing community-spread coronavirus infections as the city confirmed another 51 Covid-19...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong records 51 new cases, bringing the city’s tally to 765...
A six-week-old boy has become the youngest person to test positive for Covid-19 in Hong Kong, as the local tally of infections hit 765.Also among the 51 new cases confirmed on Wednesday were a pilot, a...
View ArticleCoronavirus: police arrest 54 at Hong Kong Prince Edward protest, but none...
Hong Kong police arrested 54 people during a protest in Kowloon on Tuesday night, though none of them fell foul of rules on public gatherings brought in amid the coronavirus epidemic.A resident as...
View ArticleCoronavirus: University of Hong Kong final-year medical students sit exams as...
Some 200 medical students at the University of Hong Kong sat their final-year exams on Wednesday despite the coronavirus pandemic, after the government exempted the event from a ban on gatherings of...
View ArticleCoronavirus: four rescue flights from Hubei province cost Hong Kong HK$7.4...
The first four chartered flights to bring Hongkongers back from one of the epicentres of the coronavirus pandemic cost taxpayers about HK$7.4 million (US$950,000), officials have revealed.The sum,...
View ArticleCoronavirus: What are the dos, don’ts and challenges of Hong Kong’s newly...
Stringent social distancing measures were put in place by the Hong Kong government last Friday to combat a surge of coronavirus infections that was largely fuelled by imported cases. In less than a...
View ArticleCoronavirus: 1,200 pubs and bars in Hong Kong to close as government orders...
The Hong Kong government has ordered a two-week closure of pubs and bars from Friday, in a drastic escalation of social-distancing rules which will mothball about 1,200 businesses.The shutdown...
View ArticleExplosion in Hong Kong butterfly population linked to hottest year ever
Hong Kong’s butterfly population hit its highest level in at least 14 years in 2019, the warmest year on record in the city, causing a local green group to suggest the increase in numbers could have...
View ArticleCovid-19 could be under control by end of April, China’s top respiratory...
The Covid-19 pandemic could be under control by the end of the month, but uncertainty remains as to whether there will be another coronavirus outbreak next spring, China’s leading respiratory disease...
View ArticleCoronavirus: ‘Hong Kong food shortage risk’ after mainland China tightens...
Hong Kong could face food shortages after mainland Chinese authorities tightened controls on the city’s 10,000 cross-border truckers to battle the Covid-19 outbreak, a drivers’ group has warned.From...
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