The number of new coronavirus cases in Hong Kong hit another record high on Monday at 34,466, as the Omicron-driven Covid wave showed no sign of abating. Authorities reported 124 Covid-related deaths. The Hospital Authority (HA) said 87 Covid p...

The government said local schools will have to begin their summer breaks no later than March 17, so as to free up their campuses for anti-epidemic work, but schools that offer non-local curriculum will be allowed to continue online classes as schedul...

Health authorities on Monday said hundreds of people have tested preliminary positive for Covid-19 in overnight lockdowns at three public housing estates, in Sha Tin, Kwun Tong and Yuen Long. Some 2,300 people from Man Wo House and Yan Wo House at ...

The government has been urged to move fast to resolve a manpower crisis at care homes across the city as more and more care workers contracted Covid-19 and had to be isolated. The call was made by the chairman of the Elderly Services Association, K...

The Health Secretary, Sophia Chan, said the government is still considering whether to impose a lockdown when it tests everyone in the SAR for Covid-19 next month. Officials had said all seven million residents will be tested three times over March...

Medical experts on Monday stressed the importance of issuing clear instructions and setting up straightforward reporting mechanisms as officials make increasing use of rapid at-home test kits in the fight against Covid-19. The Home Affairs Bureau sa...

About 43,000 Covid-19 rapid test kits have been given out in multiple districts after the virus was found in sewage samples in Kwun Tong, Sai Kung, Eastern District, Kowloon City and Sha Tin, the government said late on Sunday. The Home Affairs Depa...

The SAR on Sunday said it is planning to use the Lo Wu Marshalling Yard as a storage facility to maintain a steady flow of supplies from the mainland to help battle the fifth wave of Covid infections. The government said that a successful trial was...

The government on Sunday locked down a number of housing blocks in Kwun Tong, Yuen Long, Kwai Chung and Sha Tin, after sewage samples there were found to contain Covid-19. The buildings are Sau Fu House in Sau Mau Ping Estate, Heng Chui House and He...

Long queues formed in Sham Shui Po on Sunday outside shops selling rapid antigen test kits for the coronavirus as the Covid-19 outbreak expanded in Hong Kong. But many people who bought tests kits as cheap as HK$20 said they were not sure whether th...

Health officials said on Sunday that the bodies of some Covid patients remained at public hospitals because mortuaries were close to full capacity. The bottleneck formed as Hong Kong reported another daily record for new coronavirus cases, with the t...

Over a thousand people have tested preliminary positive for Covid during overnight lockdowns at housing blocks in Sha Tin, Kwun Tong, Kwai Chung, and Cheung Sha Wan. At Foo Wo House on Wo Che Estate in Sha Tin, almost 20 percent of those tested wer...

A pharmacist NGO is to provide free drug delivery services to chronically ill patients who have difficulty getting their medication because of a Covid lockdown or quarantine. The Pharmaceutical Care Foundation plans to operate the service from Monda...

The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, has urged property developers to offer rent concessions to tenants that have been forced to close because of social gathering restrictions. The mandatory closure of these premises, which include gyms, beauty parlour...

The Secretary for Labour and Welfare said on Sunday that the government is hiring 1,000 temporary workers from the mainland to take care of elderly Covid patients at its isolation and treatment facilities. Writing on his official blog, he said man...

The chief executive of the Hospital Authority, Tony Ko, on Saturday urged Covid patients with mild or no symptoms not to attend accident and emergency departments, saying hospitals are facing “extremely high pressure”. In a video on the HA’s ...

The government on Saturday night locked down the High Block and Low Block of Shek Chun House at Shek Lei (I) Estate in Kwai Chung after Covid-19 was found in sewage samples there. The complex was cordoned off at 9pm, and residents will have to get ...

Authorities on Saturday put several blocks located in Sha Tin, Kwun Tong and Cheung Sha Wan under overnight lockdown to look for asymptomatic Covid patients, after sewage samples from the buildings were found with traces of Covid-19. The lockdown o...

Hong Kong is easing its discharge criteria for Covid patients and close contacts in quarantine, as the city reported 17,063 new Covid notification cases and 66 deaths on Saturday. All but six of the new infections were locally transmitted. The pat...

Health authorities have discovered more than 600 preliminary positive Covid infections following an overnight lockdown of two Kwun Tong public housing blocks and another building in Tseung Kwan O. Sau Wah House at Sau Mau Ping Estate was cordoned of...