Epidemiologist Gabriel Leung said on Thursday that the government should only roll out its universal testing programme after the city’s Omicron outbreak has reached a peak in the first half of March and when Hong Kong has sufficient isolation facil...

Authorities on Thursday reported 17,269 new Covid-19 notification cases, with all but three of them being local infections. The new “notification figure” adds up all the cases the Centre for Health Protection has been informed about over the pa...

Hongkong Post said on Thursday that five of its post offices were closed from Thursday because some of their counter staff tested preliminary positive of Covid-19. It said the Happy Valley Post Office, Granville Road Post Office, Mei Lam Post Office...

Health officials said on Thursday that they picked up 241 preliminary positive Covid-19 cases in overnight lockdowns of two housing blocks in Kwun Tong and Cheung Sha Wan. The patients were among more than 3,100 people tested in Chi Tai House at On ...

An infectious diseases expert said on Thursday that he believes it is safe for Hospital Authority staff who catch Covid to return to work if they test negative for the virus seven days after their first positive test. The Hospital Authority announce...

A business and economics professor said it would be better to give Hong Kong residents a HK$10,000 cash handout, rather than in the form of electronic consumption vouchers, as the vouchers would not substantially stimulate the economy. According to ...

People began showing their proof of vaccination when going into restaurants on Thursday, as the government's Covid inoculation requirement took effect. Restaurants are now equipped with a scanning device to check customers' vaccination records so t...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said while he plans to temporarily ban landlords from taking legal action against or evicting businesses falling behind on their rent during the latest Covid outbreak, they should still be able to try to recover any rent...

The government on Thursday gazetted emergency laws that will waive licensing and registration requirements for mainland personnel involved in anti-epidemic work in Hong Kong. In a statement, authorities said the gazettal of the Emergency (Exempti...

A tax partner with PwC Hong Kong on Thursday said the highlight of the Budget was the announcement of progressive property rates, which could bring in additional long-term revenue for the government. Agnes Wong was commenting after the Financial Se...

The government on Wednesday issued a compulsory testing notice for 21 locations across the city. Anyone who has visited the buildings and stayed there for the length of time and on the dates specified must get a nucleic acid test for Covid-19. The ...

People will have to wear a mask when they're in country parks or exercising outdoors from Thursday as part of tighter social-distancing curbs announced by the government. Eating or drinking will be banned on all public transport, including ferries a...

The Secretary for Security, Chris Tang, will be under home quarantine for two weeks after his wife and domestic helper came down with Covid-19. Tang himself tested negative in a rapid test and a deep throat saliva test on Wednesday. "In accordance ...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Wednesday that the government is injecting HK$10 billion into the Future Fund to support businesses with development potential. He said the money will be put into the Hong Kong Growth Portfolio set up in 2020 un...

Health officials on Wednesday locked down three public housing blocks in Kwun Tong, Cheung Sha Wan and Sheung Shui after sewage samples there tested positive for Covid-19. Residents and recent visitors of Chi Tai House at On Tai Estate in Kwun Tong...

Bank of China (Hong Kong), HSBC and Standard Chartered have announced that their branches will no longer provide services on Saturdays in light of the Covid-19 outbreak. Standard Chartered said its branches will be closed from this Saturday until f...

Hong Kong on Wednesday reported a record 8,674 new coronavirus cases and 43 deaths. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said all but three cases were local infections. For the day, it was notified of a total of 7,990 cases from all sources, whi...

Officials on Wednesday discovered 160 preliminarily positive Covid-19 cases as they wrapped up a 24-hour lockdown of a building in Ma On Shan. They are among 2,000 residents of Heng Fung House at Heng On Estate who were ordered to get tested on earl...

New People's Party lawmaker Regina Ip said the government should offer a cash handout of HK$10,000 each to the people of Hong Kong, instead of giving them a new round of electronic spending vouchers. In his budget blueprint on Wednesday, Financial S...

The Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, has earmarked HK$1.26 billion to boost the battered tourism sector, saying there's a need to strengthen the industry and prepare for an eventual border reopening in the near future. "In light of fierce regional co...