Hong Kong third wave: health experts question ‘late’ move to plug Covid-19...
Hong Kong moved to plug loopholes exempting seafarers and aircrew from Covid-19 quarantine rules amid mounting criticism from health experts, as the city continued to struggle with the third wave of...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: city should brace for tougher social-distancing rules...
Hong Kong should brace itself for more stringent social-distancing rules if the third wave of coronavirus infections gets worse, the city’s deputy leader warned on Sunday.Among the measures could be...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: no sign of Covid-19 crisis easing as city records 128...
Hong Kong’s third wave of coronavirus infections shows little sign of easing, with the city confirming another 128 Covid-19 cases, the fifth straight day of triple-digit rises but down from Saturday’s...
View ArticleUsing robot he built to treat cancer earns Chinese University surgeon Spirit...
Whenever Professor Philip Chiu Wai-yan paints, he wants to make sure every brush stroke and every tiny dab of colour are in the right place.“In Chinese painting, you cannot afford too many errors,” he...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: record 145 Covid-19 cases trigger toughest preventive...
Key points:• Gatherings in public will be tightened from four to two people, but members of the same family are exempted• No dining inside restaurants, except for exempted establishments such as...
View ArticleChina’s economic and social plans must factor in that coronavirus will be...
A Chinese central government task force said officials and businesses must change the way they think about strategies for the future and factor into their policies and decisions that the coronavirus...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: alarm as overseas pilot seen visiting top tourist spot...
A foreign cargo pilot awaiting Covid-19 test results visited Hong Kong’s famed tourist spot The Peak despite a pledge by the airline industry that crews would self-quarantine in hotels, highlighting a...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: struggling catering sector calls for HK$8 billion...
Hong Kong’s struggling catering sector has called on the government to dish out HK$8 billion (US$1.03 billion) in handouts to rescue hard-hit restaurants, with a sweeping ban on dine-in services to...
View ArticleHong Kong Covid-19 third wave: do you need to wear a mask if you exercise...
Hong Kong expanded compulsory mask-wearing rules to cover all public areas, as part of the strictest social-distancing measures unveiled by the government on Monday.“Residents should wear masks to...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: ‘no place for complacency’ on Covid-19, health...
Health officials warned on Tuesday there was no room for complacency as Hong Kong confirmed another 106 coronavirus cases, a fall of more than a quarter from the previous day’s record high, while...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: coronavirus may have stopped mutating, making it more...
Researchers say a comparison of coronavirus samples taken from people recently infected in Hong Kong suggests the virus might have ceased to mutate, which would mean if has effectively adapted to...
View ArticleHong Kong elections: will Legislative Council polls be postponed, and who...
The clock is ticking as Hong Kong’s leader decides whether to hold the Legislative Council elections in early September as promised, or delay them due to the escalating coronavirus pandemic.On Tuesday,...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: Covid-19 total exceeds 3,000 with 118 new infections,...
Hong Kong has registered a triple-digit rise of Covid-19 cases for the eighth day running to push its total above 3,000, as the government revealed new strategies to help save hospitals from...
View ArticleAutopsy will be carried out on Hong Kong infant who died after being found...
An autopsy will be carried out on a two-month-old girl who died after being found unconscious at home in a Hong Kong public housing estate on Wednesday.Emergency personnel were sent to the infant’s...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: new pet quarantine facility to open after surge in...
Hong Kong’s animal quarantine facility has been flooded with pets whose owners either contracted Covid-19 or were close contacts, including from one household with 13 hamsters.The increased demand amid...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong’s workers have lunch in parks, construction sites, as...
Workers braved the rain and heat while having lunch outdoors, with some blaming the government for being “unreasonable”, as Hong Kong’s sweeping ban on dine-in services kicked in on Wednesday amid the...
View ArticleNational security law prompts more mainland firms to bid for Hong Kong land...
Mainland Chinese developers, emboldened by the new security law, will become more active buyers of Hong Kong land as local firms back off amid political turmoil and recession, surveyors predict.The...
View ArticleHong Kong needs citywide coronavirus testing, China’s ‘Sars hero’ Zhong...
China’s top respiratory disease expert Zhong Nanshan has urged the Hong Kong government to carry out citywide Covid-19 testing to contain its third wave of local infections.Hong Kong registered a...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: officials scrap coronavirus-related ban on eating in...
Hong Kong’s all-day ban on eating at restaurants will last just 48 hours, after the government caved in to public pressure on Thursday and reversed a decision made following a spike in Covid-19...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong restaurant owners scramble to cope with government’s...
Hong Kong restaurant operators could barely cope with the government’s U-turn on social-distancing rules as workers across the city were offered access to indoor lunch amid a heatstroke warning on...
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