Hong Kong third wave: city confirms fresh daily high of 149 new Covid-19...
Hong Kong’s deadliest wave of Covid-19 infections showed no signs of easing on Thursday as the city reported a new daily record of 149 cases along with another death, while the virus continued to...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing to donate another HK$101 million to...
Retired tycoon Li Ka-shing will donate a fresh round of HK$101 million (US$13 million) to Hong Kong’s medical and welfare sectors as the city battles the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.His charity...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: city’s first makeshift Covid-19 hospital will take in...
Hong Kong’s first makeshift hospital will start to take in 500 younger and healthier Covid-19 patients on Saturday at the earliest in a bid to relieve pressure on the city’s public health system as the...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: mainland Chinese personnel to help conduct mass...
Personnel from mainland China will come to Hong Kong to help conduct mass Covid-19 testing, it was revealed on Friday night, as the city confirmed another 121 coronavirus cases, the tenth straight day...
View ArticleHeartbreaking, utterly shameful, and a dark stain on city’s reputation:...
Hong Kong’s reputation as a fast-paced city took on a new meaning this week with the government’s unexpected U-turn over its ban on eating in restaurants – a day after it went into effect.The rule,...
View ArticleCoronavirus: suspected carrier leaves Hong Kong home, sparking citywide...
A Hongkonger, who is believed to have tested positive for the coronavirus and was waiting for hospital admission, left home for more than two hours on Thursday night, sparking a citywide police...
View ArticleAll typhoon signals cancelled in Hong Kong as tropical depression Sinlaku...
A tropical depression gradually moving away from Hong Kong was still expected to bring squally showers to the city for remainder of the weekend, as weather forecasters on Saturday night cancelled all...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: city’s Covid-19 social-distancing measures set to be...
Social-distancing measures that limit public gatherings in Hong Kong to two people and ban restaurant dining-in services between 6pm and 5am will be extended, sources say, as the city recorded another...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: free Covid-19 tests for residents as mainland Chinese...
Free Covid-19 testing will be made available to Hong Kong’s 7.5 million residents and about 60 clinical technicians from mainland China will be sent to help, with seven set to arrive on Sunday.Four...
View ArticleCan pets catch Covid-19? Hong Kong’s City University begins testing animals...
City University of Hong Kong is offering Covid-19 testing for animals, as a rising number of pet owners have been caught up in the city’s worsening outbreak.Its veterinary diagnostic laboratory began a...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: 115 new Covid-19 cases emerge and elderly patient dies
Daily coronavirus infections in Hong Kong continued to stretch into the triple digits as 115 cases emerged on Sunday, while an elderly man became the city’s 34th fatality of the pandemic.But none of...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: officials to prioritise next round of testing for...
Hong Kong will prioritise testing groups deemed at high risk of contracting the coronavirus, including the elderly, as the first group of medical experts arrived from mainland China to help with free...
View ArticleFrom Singapore to India, urban farms sprout up as coronavirus leaves...
As the coronavirus ravages economies, forces countries into lockdowns and empties supermarket shelves, millions of people across Asia have been forced to put their former lifestyles on hold. But amid...
View ArticleCoronavirus: 87 per cent of Hong Kong employees suffering work stress during...
Nearly nine in 10 Hong Kong employees suffered from stress at work during the Covid-19 pandemic, with about half of the city’s workforce reporting symptoms of anxiety disorder, a survey on mental...
View ArticleHong Kong property deals expected to fall 10 per cent in August, with...
Property transactions in Hong Kong may drop by about a 10th in August, with second-hand home sales leading the way with a 20 per cent plunge, as a third wave of Covid-19 infections deters buyers,...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: Covid-19 social-distancing rules extended for another...
Hong Kong’s social-distancing measures will continue for at least another week even as the city broke its 12-day streak of 100-plus daily Covid-19 infections on Monday, recording 80 confirmed cases and...
View ArticleCoronavirus: researchers from Hong Kong, Macau, mainland China hope to start...
Researchers from Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China have developed a vaccine for the coronavirus and hope to start clinical trials within months. They aim to reserve 8 million doses for residents of...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: plans for at least two temporary coronavirus hospitals...
Hong Kong will build at least two temporary hospitals for Covid-19 patients and expand existing makeshift facilities with the help of mainland Chinese experts deployed to the city, adding as many as...
View ArticleCovid-19 time bomb: Hong Kong jobs crisis sparks rise in serious emotional...
This is the second instalment of a five-part series in which the Post takes a look at unemployment in Hong Kong, as the city grapples with the aftermath of the months-long civil unrest and the...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: growing Covid-19 clusters at two wet markets spark...
Growing clusters of Covid-19 infections at two wet markets have sparked fears of wider outbreaks in Hong Kong similar to ones in Wuhan and Beijing, as the city reported another 80 coronavirus cases on...
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