The government says it is planning to provide a cash subsidy to people who have lost their jobs in light of the latest Covid-19 outbreaks, adding it will change laws to tackle labour issues arising amid the pandemic. Chief Executive Carrie Lam said...

Hong Kong reported 625 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, setting yet another record in its daily tally of infections. The Centre for Health Protection’s Chuang Shuk-kwan said the bulk of cases were locally transmitted infections involving people who...

The government has unveiled Hong Kong's toughest pandemic measures to date, including restrictions on private gatherings at homes, higher fines for rule-breakers, and a ban on unvaccinated people entering supermarkets, malls and other places. From F...

The Department of Health says its dental clinics will suspend evening services from Wednesday until further notice. It said the decision was made in light of the surge of Covid-19 cases, and affected users will be informed, and separate arrangement...

The government has lifted lockdowns on two blocks of flats in a Sha Tin estate after finding 28 preliminary positive Covid cases. The authorities said more than 8,000 people at Mei Chi House and Mei King House had undergone two rounds of testing. ...

Authorities in Shenzhen said on Tuesday that five cross-border truck drivers have tested positive for Covid-19 since Friday last week. The city’s port office said two of them tested positive at the Shenzhen Bay checkpoint as they left Hong Kong, ...

Hong Kong will report over 600 new Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, sources have told RTHK. Monday saw a record high of 614 new cases and authorities said there were also around 600 preliminary positive cases. Hong Kong’s daily tally of Covid infe...

The government says the lockdown of a block of flats in Sham Shui Po will be extended for another day after 22 people tested preliminary positive for Covid during an overnight operation there. The lockdown was imposed on Monday evening after the vir...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that the government is poised to further strengthen anti-epidemic measures, as she defended the government’s “dynamic clearance” strategy for tackling Covid outbreaks. Her office says she will meet th...

The head of the Hong Kong Public Doctors' Association, Tony Ling, has urged health authorities to set up triage hotlines for people who test positive for Covid, to reduce the need for them to go to public hospitals. Accident and Emergency (A&E) dep...

The government on Tuesday morning issued a compulsory testing notice ordering people who've visited 73 specified premises to undergo Covid-19 tests. "In view of a number of cases tested preliminarily positive/positive, 73 specified premises are incl...

The government announced late on Monday that a lockdown at a block in Tuen Mun would be extended for a second night so further testing could be carried out, after more than fifty preliminary positive Covid cases were found. Officials moved in at Leu...

The government sealed off a block in Sham Shui Po for testing on Monday evening, after sewage samples from the building came back positive for the coronavirus. "It is suspected that there are asymptomatic patients in the building," a government spo...

Health authorities announced on Monday that they have arranged for some residents of three buildings in Kowloon to be evacuated over concerns that the Covid-19 virus had been spreading through means of vertical or horizontal transmission. In a stat...

The Controller of the Centre for Health Protection, Edwin Tsui, on Monday appealed to people to support those put under home quarantine after coming into contact with Covid patients, despite acknowledging there could be an increased risk of infection...

The only person so far to declare an intention to stand in the Chief Executive election in March, Checkley Sin, says he didn't receive any blessing from Beijing before throwing his hat into the ring. Speaking at a luncheon at the Foreign Correspond...

Hong Kong reported 614 Covid-19 infections on Monday, the highest daily number since the pandemic started over two years ago. Only seven of the cases were imported infections. There are also around 600 preliminary positive cases. The latest figur...

A specialist in respiratory medicine on Monday warned that Hong Kong's coronavirus cases could reach 10,000 a day in two weeks if stricter social distancing rules are not imposed. Dr Leung Chi-chiu urged the government to impose the strictest socia...

The government has extended lockdowns of two blocks at Mei Tin Estate in Tai Wai after nearly two dozen preliminary positive Covid-19 cases were found during tests overnight. Residents of Mei King House and Mei Chi House are now subject to more tes...

The MTR Corporation announced on Monday that it will be reducing evening train frequencies after peak hours, in view of the latest epidemic situation. The railway operator said starting February 11, the average waiting time will be extended by up t...