Health authorities said on Sunday they were expecting more cases to emerge from a growing Covid-19 outbreak originating from a gym cluster in Sai Ying Pun, which has now been linked to more than 100 confirmed cases. Dr Albert Au, a principal medical...

Secretary for Health Sophia Chan revealed on Sunday that the government is working on expanding the categories of people with priority for coronavirus vaccines. Writing on her blog, Chan said about 177,000 people had been inoculated so far. She a...

Residents who underwent compulsory testing overnight in the Mid-Levels said on Sunday morning that the operation was very efficient, but they were divided about whether it was completely necessary. Officials say 1,855 people were tested for Covid-19...

Hong Kong's sole delegate to the nation's top legislative body, Tam Yiu-chung, said on Sunday that he expects detailed legislation to put into effect Beijing's sweeping electoral reforms to be concluded by May, as the SAR runs on a tight schedule ahe...

The Chinese Embassy in London on Sunday rejected as "groundless slanders" western criticism of Beijing's sweeping electoral reforms for Hong Kong, including Britain's claim that China is now in "ongoing non-compliance" with the Sino-British Joint Dec...

Officials began easing an overnight lockdown in Mid-Levels on Sunday morning after testing some 1,855 people for Covid-19, with no confirmed cases found. People who could show an SMS with a negative test result or who were wearing a wristband indica...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan says he hopes that businesses can get back to making money again – now that the SAR's long-awaited Covid-19 vaccination programme has begun. Some 177,000 people had received Covid vaccinations as of Sunday, raising ho...

The government on Sunday ordered people who had spent time in 64 buildings to undergo Covid-19 testing, as it attempted to prevent a fifth wave breaking out in the SAR. Thirteen buildings, all of them Sai Ying Pun, were listed because sewage samples...

The Hospital Authority says an 80-year-old man and a 67-year man have died shortly after receiving Sinovac Covid-19 jabs. Both had underlying health problems, including hypertension and diabetes. The 80-year-old died of ischaemic bowel disease at ...

The government on Saturday said the turnout rates for pre-booked Covid-19 vaccination slots was about 75 percent for the Sinovac jab and 91 percent for the BioNTech. Both figures are slightly higher than on Friday. It said in the past 24 hours, abou...

China is no longer compliant with Hong Kong's joint declaration after Beijing announced sweeping changes to the region's electoral system, Britain said Saturday. "The UK now considers Beijing to be in a state of ongoing non-compliance with the Sino-...

Four residential blocks in Mid-levels were locked down on Saturday evening for mandatory Covid-19 testing. The move followed a recent surge in new cases, caused by a super-spreader at the Ursus gym in nearby Sai Ying Pun. The lockdown began at 8.3...

A coronavirus cluster linked to an upmarket gym is still expanding, as authorities on Saturday confirmed that 35 more customers or their close contacts have come down with the disease. This brought the tally of the cluster linked to Ursus Fitness i...

The office of the commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong on Saturday hit back at the G7 statement on the SAR's electoral overhaul, which it said was the work of "very few Western countries". The Group of Seven nations, Britain...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said that pro-democracy politicians will see their chances of winning office increase after Beijing approved sweeping reforms of the SAR's political system – as long as they prove themselves to be patriots. She was spea...

The High Court on Saturday allowed the release on bail of district councillors Tat Cheng, Michael Pang, and Ricky Or, three of 47 pan-democrats charged under the national security law, but denied bail to ex-lawmakers Jeremy Tam and Kwok Ka-ki. The d...

Senior officials in Hong Kong continued on Saturday to talk up Beijing's sweeping reform of the SAR's electoral system, with one proclaiming that "quality democracy" is now possible and another promising that more people would be able to participate ...

The head of the University of Hong Kong's medical school warned on Saturday that urgent action is needed this weekend to prevent a growing outbreak of Covid-19 at an upmarket gym from launching a fifth wave of the coronavirus in the SAR. Gabriel Leu...

Group of Seven powers on Friday demanded that China honour commitments in Hong Kong and end "oppression" against democratic activists after Beijing forced sweeping changes of the city's election system. The National People's Congress on Thursday pas...

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on Friday said it had arrested 24 people suspected to be part of an alleged plot to illegally transfer ‘small house’ rights to a developer to build a large-scale property project. The graft-bu...