The government on Monday found 392 preliminary positive Covid infections after overnight lockdown operations in Sham Shui Po, Kwai Chung, Kwun Tong and Sheung Shui. Authorities identified 87 cases after testing 1,496 residents in Fu Sing House at Fu...

The government has announced the lifting of an inbound travel ban on nine countries starting from April 1 as part of easing Covid-19 measures. The announcement, which also involved the reopening of businesses from April 21, was made by Chief Executi...

Welfare Secretary Law Chi-kwong on Monday conceded that anti-epidemic efforts in care homes have failed to keep up with the Covid-19 outbreak. The minister was responding to government adviser Yuen Kwok-yung, who said care homes are the weakest link...

Environment Secretary Wong Kam-sing has defended the government's method of locating hidden Covid cases by testing sewage samples from buildings. This came after former Hospital Authority chief Leung Pak-yin said it is a waste of resources to adopt...

An accounting expert on Monday said the government’s latest pandemic wage support scheme is effective and affordable, but it does not help businesses that have already closed. Stanley Ho, a tax partner of KPMG China was commenting on the governmen...

Health officials reported 14,149 new Covid-19 infections on Sunday, the second straight day the tally was below the 20,000-threshold in the past three weeks. Among the latest cases, 8,273 were reported by people who took rapid tests and 5,876 were c...

The government is bringing forward the deadline for people to get their third Covid-19 jab by a month to May 31 under its vaccine pass scheme. Announcing the decision on Sunday, officials said people have been actively getting vaccinated and there a...

Labour and Welfare Secretary Law Chi-kwong said the design of the latest round of the Employment Support Scheme is different from its launch two years ago, adding that the aim now is to help bring about an economic recovery and lower unemployment tha...

Chief Secretary John Lee on Sunday said people need to beware of what he called "irresponsible speculation" on social media concerning mainland health workers who came to Hong Kong to help take care of Covid patients. He said people should be on al...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Sunday that she doesn't plan to make Covid vaccinations mandatory for the elderly, while acknowledging it's a huge challenge to get unjabbed senior citizens inoculated. Speaking at her daily Covid briefing, Lam sai...

Leading microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung on Sunday said it would not be a problem if Hong Kong can't achieve zero Covid infections, so long as everyone are vaccinated. The government pandemic adviser added that Covid-19 is to stay for a long time. Yu...

Health authorities have found 530 preliminary-positive Covid-19 cases in their overnight lockdown operations. A total of 223 cases were from Tin Hang House of Shun Tin Estate in Kwun Tong. There were 191 infections at Tip Ying House in Butterfly Es...

The police said a man died on Sunday after falling onto the tracks at Fanling MTR station. The MTR Corporation said the case, which happened at around 11:30am, forced the suspension of services between Tai Wo and Sheung Shui stations on the East Rai...

Health authorities on Saturday reported 16,597 new Covid-19 infections – a three-week low and 3,485 cases fewer than the day before. Of the new cases, 7,528 were detected by PCR tests, while 9,069 were reported by people who took rapid tests thems...

People travelling to the mainland or Macau by land from Monday will be required to do an additional PCR test at the Hong Kong port, as SAR officials move to prevent infections from spreading to the mainland. Currently, travellers passing through th...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Saturday that the government will mobilise community groups to distribute anti-epidemic kits to all residents in Hong Kong this month. The kits will include masks, rapid antigen test kits, and Chinese medicine, she...

Health authorities on Saturday found around 670 preliminary positive cases during overnight lockdowns of ten buildings in Aberdeen, Tuen Mun, Kwai Chung, Kwun Tong, Wong Tai Sin and Tseung Kwan O. Four buildings in Kwai Chung and Tuen Mun were cord...

Government expert adviser Ivan Hung on Saturday said that Hong Kong could gradually relax social distancing measures when the epidemic further eases and when over 90 percent of the population is fully vaccinated. Speaking on a radio programme, the ...

Police Commissioner Raymond Siu has called on members of the public to take part in anti-terrorism drills, saying it is important for all sectors of society to play a role. Speaking on an RTHK TV programme, the police chief said apart from conducti...

The government said on Friday it is addressing a pressing need for cremation services in the city, as it continues to tackle a shortage of coffins. In a statement, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) said all government crematorium...