Hong Kong reported a record 351 Covid-19 cases on Saturday, more than twice the previous highest daily total, as the Omicron variant continued to drive a wave of infections. Eight of the cases were imported. The majority of the local cases were said...

Veteran activist Koo Sze-yiu has been remanded in custody after a court denied him bail over a sedition charge on Saturday. The 75-year-old is accused of planning a protest against the Beijing Winter Olympics outside the Liaison Office in Sai Wan o...

A government minister said on Saturday that social distancing restrictions could be extended to cover more types of establishments, when the Executive Council discusses strengthening anti-pandemic measures next week. Chief Executive Carrie Lam said...

Secretary for the Civil Service Patrick Nip on Saturday defended the government's plan to distribute rapid Covid test kits to everyone in Hong Kong, as doubts were cast on the scheme’s effectiveness. On Friday, Chief Executive Carrie Lam revealed ...

The government on Saturday began allowing residents to leave a building in Tuen Mun that was subject to a two-day extended lockdown, as at least 13 preliminary positive cases were identified there. Officials had moved in at Hing Ping House on the Ta...

Health officials allowed people to leave locked-down blocks in Wong Tai Sin, Sham Shui Po, Kai Tak and Sai Ying Pun on Saturday morning after finding 10 preliminary positive cases in tests on more than 4,700 people. Authorities said they found four ...

The government on Saturday issued compulsory testing notices for over 50 locations across Hong Kong in the fight against Covid. There were also additional compulsory testing orders in response to positive sewage testing results in North District and...

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) on Friday said two pet cats had tested positive for Covid. The two cats belong to a group of five domestic short-hairs from Sheung Shui. When their owner was found to be a close contact ...

The government on Friday evening ordered lockdowns for residential buildings in Kai Tak, Sai Ying Pun, Wong Tai Sin and Sham Shui Po over the suspected spread of Covid-19. Residents must get tested and stay at home overnight. The Kai Tak tests invo...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Friday announced a series of measures to bolster the city’s efforts to tackle what she called an “aggravating” pandemic situation, including boosting Hong Kong's testing capacity and providing more beds for Covid p...

Untraceable infections accounted for almost half of Friday's 130 new local Covid cases, nearly double the number reported the day before. All 59 infections with unknown origins involved the Omicron variant, with 10 cases in Sham Shui Po and the othe...

The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) on Friday said it's seeking legal advice on a request for information from the Registry of Trade Unions, and that it needs more time to respond. The registry wrote to the HKJA last month, demanding that ...

Health authorities announced on Friday that they've found five preliminary positive cases of Covid-19 after testing 1,200 people in an overnight lockdown of three buildings in Tai Po. One other person's test, meanwhile, was described as "indetermin...

The Secretary for the Civil Service, Patrick Nip, has urged private companies to follow the government's lead in implementing work from home arrangements for staff, saying there is a need to significantly reduce the flow of people in the city to curb...

A leading epidemiologist, Benjamin Cowling, said on Friday that the government should divert resources away from inoculating children against Covid towards boosting the vaccination rate in elderly people. Speaking on RTHK's Hong Kong Today programme...

The chairman of the Lan Kwai Fong group, Allan Zeman, said on Friday that the restaurant trade saw a 'sad and quiet' Lunar New Year, with business between 20 and 25 percent of the usual level. The government last month banned evening dine-in service...

The government said on Thursday that Deputy Commissioner for Labour, Jeff Leung, has tested positive for Covid-19. Leung is believed to be the highest-ranking official to have come down with the virus since the pandemic began two years ago. In a ...

The government on Thursday imposed lockdowns on four residential blocks in Tai Po and Tuen Mun. Authorities made the announcement after sewage samples from Fu Cheong, Kwai Cheong and Wing Cheong Courts of Fortune Plaza in Tai Po came back positive f...

Fresh untraceable Covid-19 cases have again hit a new high since the fifth wave of infections struck Hong Kong, with health officials reporting 31 local cases of unknown origin on Thursday. The patients live in districts across the SAR, including No...

The government is expanding its special work arrangements from Friday, citing the need to take extra steps to try to stop the fifth wave of coronavirus infections from spreading in a "tsunami-like manner". In a statement issued on Thursday, it urge...