Coronavirus: pilot’s positive test sparks calls for review of Hong Kong...
Two Hong Kong health experts have called for tighter Covid-19 testing arrangements for airline and cruise ship crews, after a pilot who returned from overseas was confirmed as having the...
View ArticleHong Kong must brace for coronavirus quarantine crunch in coming months
Thousands of Hong Kong residents are expected to return to the city in the coming months from countries deemed to have a higher Covid-19 risk. Many have already made their way back independently rather...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong’s three-week streak of zero local infections ends, as...
Hong Kong’s three-week streak of zero local coronavirus infections ended after two cases were confirmed on Sunday, as the government considered tightening the rules on those granted an exemption from...
View ArticleCoronavirus: two new local cases of Covid-19 spark cluster fears in Hong Kong
Two new local cases of Covid-19 in Hong Kong have sparked fears a new cluster could emerge in the city, medical sources said on Monday.The male colleague, 30, of a kitchen worker who contracted the...
View ArticleYoga ball murder: Malaysian professor in Hong Kong who killed wife and...
A Malaysian anaesthesiologist who was sentenced to life imprisonment two years ago for killing his wife and daughter with a gas-filled yoga ball in Hong Kong has been deregistered as a doctor in the...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong reviewing Covid-19 strategy, some classes suspended...
At least four educational institutions suspended face-to-face classes amid six more Covid-19 infections on Tuesday morning, as Hong Kong’s leader said authorities would review its...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong battling third wave of Covid-19 infections as city...
Key points:Foreign domestic workers will be required to undergo pre-boarding coronavirus screening before flying to Hong Kong. Their employers must arrange 14-day mandatory quarantine on arrival at...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Cluster at Hong Kong elderly care home where operator may have...
A care home for the elderly at the centre of a sudden new community outbreak of Covid-19 was suspected of violating government guidelines by sharing staff with another facility, as Hong Kong confirmed...
View ArticleCoronavirus: sign-ups lag for Hong Kong’s restaurant discount campaign, while...
Fewer Hong Kong restaurants than expected have so far signed up for a discount campaign intended to boost a sector slammed by the Covid-19 pandemic, now in its third wave in the city.To date, more than...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong Covid-19 testing and quarantine flaws blamed for new...
Insufficient testing and lax surveillance of those exempted from quarantine are behind a new wave of coronavirus infections in Hong Kong, according to public health experts.The confirmation of 28 new...
View ArticleCoronavirus: foreign aircrew refusing to fly to Hong Kong over mandatory...
Foreign pilots and cabin crew are refusing to fly to Hong Kong over fears of testing positive for Covid-19, as United Airlines and American Airlines (AA) became the first carriers to suspend flights to...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong’s local infections hit daily record high, triggering...
Hong Kong will revert to tighter social-distancing rules this weekend after the number of local coronavirus cases hit a record high of 34 on Thursday, even as the government admitted that striving for...
View Article‘Low-charge beds’ in Hong Kong private hospitals underutilised, ombudsman says
“Low-charge beds” provided by two Hong Kong private hospitals as part of their duty to help alleviate the burden of public hospitals are lying underutilised, according to the ombudsman.The usage rate...
View ArticleProtests, Covid-19 and now an infection cluster involving six taxi drivers:...
Hong Kong’s embattled taxi industry is facing a 20 per cent drop in business after taking a fresh round of beating on Thursday, when a new Covid-19 cluster of six cab drivers led to the government...
View ArticleCoronavirus: guidelines to keep Hong Kong elderly care homes free of disease...
Hong Kong government guidelines for care homes have been tightened after the city saw its first Covid-19 outbreak in a facility for the elderly, but medical experts are calling for the suggestions to...
View ArticleWhat does Hong Kong’s ‘third wave’ of Covid-19 infections mean for life in...
Hong Kong has seen a dramatic resurgence in local Covid-19 cases in the past week, barely half a month after local authorities began significantly easing social-distancing regulations. A new cluster of...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: authorities warn of hospital care crunch and order...
Hong Kong was hit with a fresh wave of 32 locally transmitted coronavirus infections on Friday, including a cluster in a public housing block, as authorities ordered schools to close and warned of an...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong to require passengers from ‘high-risk’ countries to...
Hong Kong will require thousands of air travellers flying from high-risk countries such as India and Pakistan to produce certificates showing they have tested negative for Covid-19 before they arrive,...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: anxiety at estate hit by new coronavirus cluster, with...
When barber Lam Fu-yik left home for work at 10am on Friday, he did not know that his neighbourhood would become a scene of panic after more than 10 fresh Covid-19 infections were linked to the area...
View ArticleHong Kong Book Fair exhibitors, health expert call for annual event to be...
More than 50 Hong Kong Book Fair exhibitors and a health expert on Friday have urged the postponement or suspension of the annual event, which is scheduled to open next Wednesday, citing concerns over...
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