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Coronavirus: Hong Kong suffers sixth Covid-19 death, a 72-year-old man from...

A 72-year-old suffering from Covid-19 died on Tuesday, becoming Hong Kong’s sixth fatality of the health crisis, and the second from an infection cluster in Sha Tin.The man, who died in Prince of Wales...

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Coronavirus: 10 who shared Emirates flight to Hong Kong with Covid-19 cases...

Hong Kong health authorities have sent 10 transit passengers – stranded at the airport for the past five days – to a local quarantine centre amid public health concerns, as the group had travelled on...

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Coronavirus: Hong Kong among places urged by world aviation body to test...

The global trade body for airlines has urged Hong Kong and other places with strict quarantine rules to ensure that travellers flying in from high-risk countries are tested for Covid-19 first before...

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Hong Kong public hospital waiting times could be slashed after pilot scheme...

Waiting times at Hong Kong’s public hospitals could be slashed and cancer patients diagnosed weeks earlier after the trial of a new nursing scheme, officials have said.In some cases, waiting times were...

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Coronavirus: Hong Kong edges closer to two weeks without any local cases of...

Hong Kong has edged closer to two weeks without a local case of Covid-19, with health authorities confirming there were no new local infections on Friday.But while the city’s run of zero local...

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Coronavirus: Hong Kong mulls ban on home quarantine for domestic helpers as...

Quarantine rules for domestic helpers may be revised to ban employers from isolating at home 10,000 workers expected to fly into Hong Kong from the Philippines in the coming weeks, the city’s labour...

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Hongkongers in dark over potentially deadly allergic reaction despite...

The number of public hospital admissions for a potentially fatal allergic reaction has more than doubled over the past decade but Hong Kong is still lagging when it comes to resources and training on...

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Coronavirus: Hong Kong on 15-day run of no local Covid-19 cases

Hong Kong continued its streak of zero locally transmitted Covid-19 cases for the fifteenth straight day on Sunday, but two imported cases from India were recorded.The new infections involved a...

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Hong Kong’s coronavirus quarantine staff standing proud despite abuse,...

Dealing with objects thrown from a tower block, routine verbal abuse and suicide attempts are some of the challenges faced by staff and volunteers who kept Hong Kong’s quarantine centres running for...

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Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s run without local infection extends to 16 days, but...

Hong Kong’s run without recording a local coronavirus infection extended to 16 days on Monday, but four new imported cases were confirmed.As the city handles a mounting number of cases originating from...

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Hong Kong should import ‘clean hydrogen’ from region to cut reliance on...

Hong Kong should explore importing “clean” hydrogen from regional neighbours as an alternative to using nuclear power from mainland China to reduce its carbon footprint, according to the head of a...

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How the coronavirus crisis has left Hong Kong transit passengers stranded in...

In scenes reminiscent of Tom Hanks film The Terminal, a passenger has been stranded in Hong Kong International Airport for at least three months, one of several caught up in the transit restrictions...

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‘It’s not Hong Kong’s fault’: infection fears over stranded transit...

Concerns have been raised over the handling of more than a dozen transit passengers stranded at Hong Kong’s airport amid Covid-19 travel restrictions, with no resolution in sight.Health experts...

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Coronavirus: Hong Kong cap on public gatherings extended, though word on...

Social-distancing rules limiting public gatherings in Hong Kong to no more than 50 people will remain unchanged for at least the next two weeks, though measures at a variety of venues are set to be...

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Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s streak without local infection comes to an end,...

Hong Kong on Wednesday marked both a sharp jump in the number of imported coronavirus cases and an end to a 17-day streak without a locally transmitted infection, though the local woman who tested...

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Emirates to send transit passengers stranded in Hong Kong airport back to...

Ten passengers who were stranded at Hong Kong International Airport after arriving on an Emirates Airlines flight will be sent back to Dubai upon completing quarantine, with the carrier temporarily...

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Hong Kong’s 3 million MPF pension fund members lose HK$7,752 each as...

Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund lost a total of HK$23.26 billion (US$3 billion) during the first half of the year, according to calculations by the Post, as the outbreak of the coronavirus sparked...

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Coronavirus: Hongkonger who spent three months at airport finally enters city

A traveller who spent three months living inside Hong Kong International Airport amid the Covid-19 travel lockdown is a Hongkonger and has entered the city without needing to undergo quarantine, the...

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Coronavirus: Indian groups in Hong Kong call for home stays for returnees,...

Representatives of 30 organisations are calling on the Hong Kong government to allow residents stranded in India by the coronavirus pandemic to undergo home isolation when they arrive in the city,...

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National security law: US warning on sale of sensitive technology to Hong...

Former Hong Kong Observatory director Lam Chiu-ying has never forgotten how alarm bells rang out when the weather forecast agency wanted to buy a state-of-the-art supercomputer from the United States...

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