Hong Kong on Thursday recorded 56,827 new reports of Covid infections - the highest daily count so far - as authorities said the cumulative death toll in the Omicron outbreak has surged past 1,000. The Hospital Authority (HA) said 144 Covid patients...

Authorities have placed four buildings, in Yuen Long, Tsing Yi, Sha Tin and Kwai Chung, under overnight lockdown after sewage samples from the blocks tested positive for Covid. Yiu Tai House at Tin Yiu (II) Estate, Block 6 of Mayfair Gardens, Ming ...

More than 900 preliminary positive coronavirus infections were found in a series of overnight lockdowns at housing blocks in Tsing Yi, Fo Tan, Yuen Long, Kai Tak and Kwun Tong. Yiu Shing House of Tin Yiu Estate in Yuen Long saw the highest Covid-pos...

A group of lawmakers said on Thursday that they are launching their own support hotline for Covid-19 patients, after they received complaints from citizens that they were unable to get through on a hotline provided by the government. Medical sector...

The government says it has no plan to further postpone the Chief Executive election beyond May 8. The poll, originally slated for March 27, had been postponed by Chief Executive Carrie Lam by invoking the Emergency Ordinance so the administration c...

The government has been urged to come up with a new set of isolation and quarantine rules for transport workers to address worsening epidemic-related service disruptions. The MTR Corporation says trains are running at reduced frequencies after staf...

The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Hong Kong on Thursday advised the government to help local firms boost production of the painkiller paracetamol, which has been snapped up by the public in light of the worsening coronavirus situation. The soci...

The Retail Management Association said on Thursday that its members have only received major rent cuts from one developer, and many businesses are suffering a pain “worse than death” as they struggle to stay afloat amid the worsening pandemic. ...

Transport Secretary Frank Chan has assured the public that Hong Kong has sufficient supply of fresh food from the mainland, and there’s no need for people to panic buy. On an RTHK programme on Thursday, Chan said the government has asked the mainl...

The government says it's adding two more Covid-19 mobile vaccination stations to serve students and people living in public housing estates from Friday. One of the stations that provides Sinovac jabs will first visit Tai Hing Estate in Tuen Mun, and...

MTR services will be reduced and many bus routes will be suspended from Friday as the pandemic hits public transport. The MTR Corporation said it will cut services on eight lines because a shortage of staff and a sharp drop in patronage. Weekday p...

Top microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung says private hospitals have done some patients wrong by transferring them to public hospitals because they tested positive for Covid. The Hospital Authority said on Wednesday that 60 kidney patients who had been rec...

New coronavirus cases in Hong Kong on Wednesday reached another record high at 55,353, with health authorities saying large freezer containers will be set up at public hospitals to store dead bodies as mortuaries are reaching capacity. The latest d...

Health authorities said on Wednesday that almost 1,940 minors – aged 17 or below – have been hospitalised as a result of Covid infections since the fifth wave broke out. Forty-nine of these children had received intensive care treatment – ...

A representative of pork traders said on Wednesday that he believes more than half of workers in the sector have been infected with Covid-19, and the supply of fresh meat will not stabilise until more of them recover. Hui Wai-kin, head of the Pork ...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday reiterated that the government has no plans for a complete lockdown to coincide with a mass Covid testing exercise set to take place this month. Growing speculation of an imminent lockdown has sparked panic-bu...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday said the government will do its best to ensure people have sufficient supplies, and keep them well informed about the pandemic. Her comment came as she welcomed the first freight train bringing in anti-epidem...

Hong Kong is set to witness another record high in its daily Covid-19 tally, with sources telling RTHK that the number of new infections on Wednesday will exceed 50,000. That’s a sharp rise from around 32,000 cases on Tuesday. Health officials ...

Health officials on Wednesday imposed lockdowns on buildings in Yuen Long, Tsing Yi, Sha Tin, Kwun Tong and Kowloon City after sewage samples there tested positive for Covid-19. Residents of Yiu Shing House at Tin Yiu (I) Estate in Yuen Long; Block ...

The DAB on Wednesday proposed allowing cross-border ambulance services, so that Hong Kong paramedics can transport patients directly to hospitals on the mainland, and vice-versa. This is among a series of proposals the party plans to put forward at ...