Staff at Hong Kong’s public hospitals forced to enter patient information...
The patients records system used by Hong Kong’s public hospitals broke down for 80 minutes on Friday night before emergency repairs brought it back online.The Hospital Authority said its clinical...
View ArticleCoronavirus: experts see ‘positive sign’ as 220,000 Hong Kong residents sign...
About 220,000 people in Hong Kong signed up for the city’s voluntary Covid-19 testing scheme in the first 11 hours of online registration on Saturday, with medical experts hailing the initial figures...
View ArticleCoronavirus: fourth wave could be in store for Hong Kong, but even a speedy...
Hong Kong could face a fourth wave of Covid-19 infections in the autumn and winter season, and while disruptions to normal life could persist for another six months to a year, even a speedy return to...
View ArticleHong Kong travel agent pledges stricter oversight as coronavirus-related ban...
The biggest travel agent on the India-Hong Kong route has pledged greater oversight and stricter health protection rules in a plan submitted to the local government seeking the resumption of direct...
View ArticleCoronavirus: 430,000 sign up for Hong Kong’s free Covid-19 testing as...
More than 430,000 people in Hong Kong have signed up for voluntary coronavirus testing, but the citywide scheme to identify invisible carriers and halt Covid-19’s spread has become highly politicised,...
View ArticleMainland representatives lash out at critics of mass Covid-19 testing scheme,...
Two Beijing agencies overseeing Hong Kong affairs have condemned local activists for “slandering the mainland’s efforts to aid the city in fighting the epidemic”, as some health care workers and...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong health officials forced to explain mishandling of...
Hong Kong health authorities have been forced to review their safety protocols for the transport of corpses and the admission of asymptomatic patients following two rare medical blunders involving a...
View ArticleCoronavirus: mass Covid-19 testing set to begin in Hong Kong as more than...
Hong Kong confirmed nine new Covid-19 cases on Monday, the day before the start of mass testing to identify invisible coronavirus carriers in the city, but arguments continued over the effectiveness...
View ArticleAmount spent by mainland Chinese on Hong Kong life insurance policies...
The amount of money spent by mainland Chinese tourists on life insurance in Hong Kong has suffered the worst slump on record, plunging by three quarters as the Covid-19 pandemic prevented people from...
View ArticleCoronavirus: 82,000 Hongkongers tested in first eight hours of Covid-19...
About 82,000 Hong Kong residents were tested for the coronavirus eight hours after the universal testing programme launched on Tuesday, amid calls from activists and some health workers for a...
View ArticleGetting tested for Covid-19 in Hong Kong this week? Here’s what you need to know
Hong Kong began its one-off Covid-19 mass-testing programme on Tuesday morning. The one-week voluntary scheme aims to identify silent carriers of the coronavirus, and may be extended for no more than...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong confirms 12 new cases, including labourer who worked...
Hong Kong confirmed 12 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, including a labourer who worked at a construction site in Discovery Bay, as the Hospital Authority chief vowed to test all patients admitted.The...
View Article‘The Covid-19 test made me cry’: what it’s like to get tested under Hong...
My eyes welled with tears after the nasal swab forced itself right up my nose, triggering a sharp sensation. Tears streamed down my face.Very few distinctive sensations – or feelings of extreme...
View ArticleA citizen’s duty or complete waste of time? Hong Kong residents explain why...
Quick and painless, a citizen’s duty and a complete waste of money were just some of the wide range of descriptions Hong Kong residents gave of the government’s divisive plan to carry out citywide...
View ArticleHealth risk from air pollution in Hong Kong reaches ‘very high’ levels, with...
The current level of air pollution in Hong Kong poses a “very high” health risk, with the problem expected to persist over the coming few days, the city’s environmental watchdog has said.The...
View ArticleCoronavirus: 126,000 Hong Kong residents take Covid-19 test on ‘smooth’ first...
About 126,000 people took Covid-19 tests on Tuesday as the Hong Kong government launched its universal community testing programme, describing progress as “smooth” and promising to increase the daily...
View ArticleHong Kong relaxes social-distancing rules as city confirms lowest number of...
Hong Kong recorded its lowest number of new Covid-19 cases in almost two months on Wednesday with eight infections, as the government gave the green light for extended dine-in services at restaurants...
View ArticleHealth risks from air pollution hit highest level on Hong Kong’s scale, as...
Air pollution in parts of Hong Kong reached “serious” levels on Wednesday, and the problem is likely to persist despite scattered thunderstorms over the city.The news came as the Observatory noted that...
View ArticleHong Kong businesses complain government approach to relaxing social...
Hong Kong’s pandemic-hit businesses questioned the rationale behind the government’s latest steps towards relaxing social distancing rules on Wednesday, with some complaining the latest arrangements...
View ArticleCoronavirus: concerns mount over handling of waste at Hong Kong’s mass...
Pressure is mounting on the Hong Kong government to treat garbage from the 141 universal coronavirus testing centres across the city as clinical instead of domestic waste, as authorities reported about...
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