Researchers from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) on Friday said they had found evidence, for the first time, that pet hamsters can contract Covid-19 and pass it to humans – which they said was a likely cause of an outbreak of the Delta variant in...

Health authorities on Friday reported 29,381 new Covid-19 infections and almost 300 deaths, but said there appear to be signs that Hong Kong's outbreak is now under control. Officials said 18,888 of the new infections were confirmed by laboratories ...

The government on Friday cordoned off several blocks in Tsing Yi, Tuen Mun, Ho Man Tin, Kwun Tong, Wong Tai Sin and Sham Shui Po for compulsory Covid testing of residents, after sewage samples from the buildings tested positive for the coronavirus. ...

Health officials on Friday said about 880 people tested preliminary positive for Covid-19 in a series of overnight lockdown operations in various districts. Two buildings in Diamond Hill and Ho Man Tin – Fu Yan House in Fu Shan Estate and Tak Man...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Friday said more has to be done to boost Hong Kong's vaccination rate, with the focus on inoculating the elderly and children. Speaking at her daily pandemic press briefing, Lam said a low vaccination rate among elderly...

Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday that Beijing is following developments in Hong Kong's Covid situation on a daily basis, and it fully supports the SAR government’s decision to postpone the chief executive election. Speaking at a press conference ...

Security Secretary Chris Tang said on Friday that a Hong Kong resident who refused to go to an isolation facility after testing positive for Covid in a rapid test may be prosecuted. Tang said officials on Thursday visited 79 infected people who were...

Police say they have made an arrest in connection with an attack on an elderly man in Pacific Place. Officers said they received a report on Wednesday evening about a man lying unconscious inside the mall in Admiralty. They said the man, aged 70,...

Social-welfare lawmaker, Tik Chi-yuen, says a closed-loop system to prevent Covid infections in nursing homes needs to have 100 percent participation from residents and staff, otherwise it's "meaningless". The government on Wednesday announced a so...

A group representing the employers of foreign helpers says it's troublesome to find affordable quarantine hotels for them. Betty Yung, chairperson of the Hong Kong Employers of Domestic Helpers Association, was commenting after the government redep...

Several new mobile specimen collection stations will start operating from Friday as part of government efforts to boost testing capacity. They are located at the open plaza of Kai Tak Station Square, Cheung Sha Wan Playground, Tsuen King Circuit Spo...

The Labour Department has expressed its sympathies to the family of a woman who died while working at a plastic recycling yard in Yuen Long on Thursday. The woman was trapped by the revolving spirals of a plastic crushing machine and certified dead...

Health officials on Thursday said this wave of Covid-19 outbreak had seemingly peaked, as they reported 31,402 new cases for the day. The Centre of Health Protection said 24,390 of the new infections were confirmed in laboratories using PCR tests, ...

A man behind a failed murder plot was sentenced to 27 years in prison on Thursday. Stephen So was earlier found guilty by a High Court jury of conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to possess firearms and ammunition without a licence. The court had...

Some of the foreign domestic helpers currently undergoing quarantine at two designated hotels will be moved elsewhere to continue their isolation, the government announced on Thursday. Labour officials explained that this is because Courtyard by Mar...

Authorities on Thursday found 931 Covid cases following the overnight lockdowns of eight blocks in Kwun Tong, Tuen Mun, Kwai Chung and Diamond Hill for mass Covid-19 testing. Tin Kuen House in Shun Tin Estate saw the highest infection rate, with 36...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Thursday that now is not the right time to lift a ban imposed on passenger flights from several countries due to the Covid pandemic. Last month, the authorities said that incoming flights from Australia, Canada, Fr...

Authorities on Thursday said a fire near Kwai Chung Container Terminal 7 was put out shortly after it started. Police said they received a report at around 10:20am that some foam boxes on Container Port Road South were on fire. Plumes of black smo...

A senior health official from the mainland on Thursday said it is good news that Hong Kong’s coronavirus situation is reaching a plateau, adding that when the city will see a drop in cases depends on its infection control measures. The head of the...

Labour minister Law Chi-kwong said on Thursday that it is not mandatory for care home staff to live away from their families in order to be allowed to go to work. The government on Wednesday announced a so-called closed-loop system under which carer...