At least 150 gyms could close down in the coming months if they can't reopen for business by April 20, a researcher who studies the local market of gyms and sports venues said. Gordon Yau from Hong Kong Fitness Guide made the prediction on Wednes...

Health authorities on Wednesday identified 1,197 preliminary positive cases after locking down several blocks in Sham Shui Po, Kwun Tong, Wong Tai Sin, Sha Tin, Tuen Mun and Tsing Yi.   The operation in Tin Chu House of Shun Tin Estate detected 276 ...

Beaches managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) will be closed from Thursday, as the authorities urge people to stay at home as much as possible. At her regular Covid briefing, Lam said data from the Octopus Card company sugge...

The head of the Private Hospitals Association, William Ho, said on Wednesday that private hospitals are already trying their very best to help ease the burden of the Hospital Authority by offering as many beds as they possibly can to take in non-Covi...

A leading epidemiologist said on Wednesday that the SAR must ensure that a groundbreaking anti-viral treatment gets to Covid-19 patients as quickly as possible if it's to have the maximum effect in reducing hospital admissions and deaths. The Hospit...

The Hospital Authority (HA) says an oral antiviral that has just arrived in Hong Kong will be given to high-risk Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms at designated clinics, elderly care homes and public hospitals starting from Wednesday. The authori...

Health authorities on Tuesday reported 27,765 new Covid-19 infections and another 289 deaths. Officials said 11,956 infections were confirmed by laboratories and the remaining 15,809 were reported by people who took rapid tests. The Hospital Author...

A total of 1,000 private hospital beds will be made available for patients transferred from public hospitals in a bid to ease the pressure on the public healthcare system. The arrangement was announced by the Private Hospitals Association on Tuesda...

The government has locked down several public housing blocks for testing after sewage samples taken from the buildings tested positive for Covid-19. They include Tip Ling House at Tuen Mun’s Butterfly Estate, Sin Sam House of Lung Hang Estate in ...

The Consumer Council on Tuesday warned that some stress-relieving toys for children that are on sale in Hong Kong contain chemicals that can cause cancer. The watchdog said it tested 29 poppit and squeeze toys bought from toy, stationery or baby pro...

Health authorities on Tuesday identified 1,261 Covid cases in the overnight lockdowns of seven public housing blocks in Tuen Mun, Sham Shui Po and Kwun Tong and Wong Tai Sin. 281 residents of Tip Mo House at Butterfly Estate tested preliminarily pos...

The head of a public doctors group, Tony Ling, said on Tuesday that he doesn't think mainland medical workers in Hong Kong will make decisions on their own when it comes to discharging Covid patients or changing their medication. He was speaking as...

A medical expert says now is not the time for Hong Kong to conduct universal Covid testing, given the current pressure on manpower and healthcare facilities. Dr Yang Lin from the School of Nursing at Polytechnic University said studies showed mass ...

A team of 75 medical workers from the mainland arrived in Hong Kong on Monday to help the SAR fight the coronavirus outbreak. They will work at the community treatment facility at the AsiaWorld-Expo on Lantau. The team’s leader, Yu Tao, said a...

A UK-based group says Hong Kong police have told it to remove its website over a potential breach of the SAR's national security law. Hong Kong Watch, which describes itself as a charity that monitors threats to basic freedoms in the city, said in ...

Hong Kong on Monday reported 249 Covid-19 deaths – the highest daily figure so far – pushing the cumulative death toll in the Omicron outbreak past 4,000. This came as the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) reported 26,908 new coronavirus infect...

Labour and welfare chief Law Chi-kwong said on Monday that he’s “quite confident” that the hiring and training process for local and mainland temporary carers will be completed in the next week or two, so the recruits can start looking after el...

The government on Monday reported 621 preliminary positive Covid-19 cases after testing around 5,422 people during overnight lockdowns of six residential buildings in Tuen Mun, Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong. Residents were ordered to stay home and get ...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Monday that she’s been assured by authorities in Shenzhen that supplies to Hong Kong won’t be affected even though the mainland city is being locked down for mass testing after a surge in Covid-19 cases there. ...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said hundreds of medical personnel from the mainland will arrive in Hong Kong from Monday to help treat Covid-19 patients. Lam told a daily press briefing that the mainland health workers are coming at the request of the S...