The government said on Monday that 150 more hotel rooms will be available from February 1 for foreign domestic helpers to undergo quarantine upon arriving in Hong Kong. The Labour Department said the Rambler Garden Hotel in Tsing Yi will then be pro...

A group has called on the government to consider letting some civil servants work from home and allow schools to break early for the Lunar New Year to help rein in the spread of Covid-19. The Hong Kong Round Table on People's Livelihood surveyed 1,1...

Legco president Andrew Leung said on Monday that he "strongly advises" 16 lawmakers who recently attended a Covid-hit banquet to skip the first full council meeting of the new term this Wednesday. Two people who joined a birthday party for National ...

A local deputy to the National People's Congress, Ma Ho-fai, on Monday confirmed that he and his wife had dined with a 43-year-old woman who has since tested preliminary positive for Covid-19. Ma told RTHK that he and his wife are now considered clo...

The government says the walk-in arrangement at Covid-19 vaccination centres will be tightened from Tuesday to cover only people aged 60 or above. Long queues began to form at various vaccination centres recently after the government announced strict...

Government pandemic advisers say officials are studying whether the quarantine period for close contacts of Covid-19 patients should be shortened from 21 days to 14. Quarantine facilities have been filling up recently, as authorities send hundreds ...

Health officials on Monday said no Covid-19 cases had been found after they conducted three lockdowns in Tuen Mun, Tai Kok Tsui and Tai Po. The operations, prompted by three preliminary positive cases, took place at Tower 8 of Aegean Coast on Castle...

The government on Sunday said that 11 officials, who attended a recent banquet and had their quarantine orders lifted, will have to use their vacation leave to isolate at home. The announcement follows the discovery of another preliminary positive ...

The government on Sunday night locked down three residential blocks in Tuen Mun, Tai Kok Tsui and Tai Po, after residents there tested preliminary positive for Covid-19. The first two lockdowns are for Tower 8 of Aegean Coast on Castle Peak Road - ...

Authorities said on Sunday that residents of around 20 flats in a Tai Po building are being sent into quarantine over fears Covid has spread through the block. Dr Albert Au from the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said a 66-year-old woman who liv...

Health officials on Sunday said they had found another unlinked preliminary positive case of Covid-19 in Hong Kong, as well as another suspected infection involving people who attended a recent party for a National People's Congress deputy. The Cent...

Home Affairs Secretary Caspar Tsui on Sunday said he hopes to double his efforts in serving the public, as he apologised once again for joining a birthday banquet amid Hong Kong's Omicron outbreak. Chief Executive Carrie Lam had said she was highly...

A medical expert advising the government on its coronavirus strategy said on Sunday that officials are in talks with universities about letting medical students work at vaccination centres to tackle a shortage of staff and boost vaccine take-up. Pr...

Lawmakers have called on the government to provide subsidies to businesses and workers hit by anti-epidemic measures, in order to tide them over the Chinese New Year. The Liberal Party's Tommy Cheung told a Commercial Radio programme on Sunday that ...

The MTR Corporation has told its staff they won't be allowed to enter the company's premises if they haven't had at least one dose of a Covid vaccine by February 23. The rail operator said on Sunday that the requirement applies to all staff members,...

Health officials on Sunday said no new cases had been found at the three overnight lockdowns at residential blocks in North Point, Causeway Bay, and Tung Chung. The Covid testing exercises - prompted by three preliminary positive cases that may inv...

The government locked down residential blocks in North Point, Causeway Bay and Tung Chung on Saturday evening. The testing notices for Block B of Flora Garden at Cloud View Road and Tower 1 of Jupiter Terrace at Jupiter Street, and Shun Yat House i...

Health officials said a supermarket worker who caught Covid-19 from an unknown source may be infected with the Omicron variant. She was among the 37 newly confirmed cases announced on Saturday. Authorities said the 58-year-old Covid patient had a r...

The District Court on Saturday jailed 21 people who were found guilty of taking part in a riot in Sheung Wan two years ago. They were given prison sentences of between 30 and 42 months for rioting in the area between Western Street and Queen Street...

Police said on Saturday that they had arrested eight more staff members of a foster home in Prince Edward over allegations of abuse. Officers said the latest arrests came after they reviewed more security camera footage recorded between September a...