Hong Kong’s Covid-19 cases on Wednesday shot to a record high of 1,161, all but eight cases are local infections. Two patients with Covid-19 have died. Both have chronic illnesses. One of them is a 73-year-old man who has been double-jabbed agains...

The Secretary for the Civil Service, Patrick Nip, said newly appointed civil servants must complete a basic training programme during their three-year probation period. Speaking on RTHK's Overview Policy programme, Nip said the training would cover...

Bookings for BioNTech jabs opened on Wednesday for children aged between five and 11, with many of the available slots snapped up in just a matter of hours. As the vaccine requires a special dilution procedure for children, three community vaccinat...

The government on Wednesday afternoon locked down a block in Tin Shui Wai, after sewage samples there tested positive for Covid-19. Residents and visitors of Shing Yin House of Tin Shing Court must get tested. The authorities said they suspect th...

Health officials said on Wednesday they've picked up 15 preliminary Covid-19 cases in the lockdown of Mei Fung House at Mei Lam Estate in Tai Wai. They were among nearly 2,700 residents who underwent testing overnight. The preliminary cases came ...

Long queues have formed outside hair salons as people hope to get a final hairdo before a mandatory closure of barber shops from Thursday. Many rushed to hair salons on Wednesday morning before they opened, a day after the government announced they...

Residents of Discovery Bay have urged the government to clarify wording of its testing order and set up more Covid testing centres, after authorities told almost everyone living there and recent visitors to get tested. The order was imposed late Tu...

A former president of Baptist University’s student union, Keith Fong, was on Wednesday acquitted of possessing laser pointers during the 2019 social unrest. But the District Court found him guilty of resisting arrest and perverting the course of ...

Government plans to bar the unvaccinated from entering places such as public markets will hit already-struggling businesses hard, trade representatives told RTHK on Wednesday. Chief Executive Carrie Lam had on Tuesday announced that a ‘vaccine pas...

A senior health official has urged people to comply with the ban on private gatherings of more than two households, saying authorities will enforce the law on Thursday if investigations find people have broken the rule. Speaking on a radio programm...

Hong Kong’s Covid-19 cases were set to continue shooting up, with sources telling RTHK new infections will exceed a new record high of over 1,100 on Wednesday. This figure would almost double the previous record of 625 set on Tuesday. Medical exp...

Authorities on Wednesday found four preliminary positive Covid-19 cases from a Tai Po block that was locked down overnight. Health officials said they are among around 530 people living in Wang Chi House in Wang Fuk Court who underwent tests. Offic...

The government has lifted a lockdown on a residential block in Sham Shui Po, where 29 preliminary positive cases were found. Authorities said the lockdown at Fu Yuet House in Fu Cheong Estate was lifted at 8:30am on Wednesday, and that around 4,820...

Virtually all residents of Discovery Bay – as well as recent visitors to the area – have been ordered to undergo Covid-19 tests by the end of Sunday, after authorities found the coronavirus in sewage samples. The government’s latest compulsory...

The Hospital Authority said on Tuesday that an elderly man diagnosed with coronavirus has died. It said the 73-year-old male patient, who tested preliminary positive for Covid-19, died early on Tuesday. The Authority said the chronically ill male ...

The government said it has arranged for some residents of a public housing block in Sham Shui Po to be evacuated over concerns that the Covid-19 virus had been spreading through means like vertical or horizontal transmission. In a statement issued ...

Authorities on Tuesday imposed a lockdown on two residential blocks in Tai Po, after sewage samples taken from the buildings tested positive for Covid-19, while a lockdown in Tuen Mun has been extended for a third day. In a statement, the governmen...

The government on Tuesday reassured the public that officials would be flexible when enforcing the new vaccine pass arrangement, saying people would be exempted from the mandatory vaccination requirement if they must go past a shopping mall to return...

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...