With some kind of lockdown and grim isolation centers looming, the city shows signs of trauma. Two years into the pandemic and counting, the biggest toll may be psychological. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong retail chains ration staples
Two of Hong Kong’s largest consumer retail chains started rationing some food and drug items to curb panic buying that has plagued the city over the past week amid fears of a citywide lockdown as ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong now has the world’s highest Covid-19 death rate. What happened, and how can this be fixed?
Focus falls on elderly population, with calls for government to streamline procedures and channel resource to vulnerable, undervaccinated demographic. ( read original story ...)
Jackie Chan does his part to help Hong Kong in COVID-19 fight
International star Jackie Chan does his part for Hong Kong by donating medical supplies as the city battles a fifth wave of COVID-19. According to reports, the 67-year-old star donated 100,000 boxes ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong delivery workers in short supply as logistic firms, online retailers face mounting pressure amid panic buying spree
E-commerce platform HKTVmall struggles to make deliveries as workers test positive for coronavirus, placed in quarantine. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong cuts interval for Sinovac jabs for care home residents as another 52,523 new cases are confirmed across city
Hong Kong has cut the recommended interval between the first and second dose of the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine for care home residents from four weeks to three, as the city battles a worsening ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s elderly vaccine refuseniks unmoved by soaring Covid deaths
Covid-19 may be running rampant through Hong Kong, where fatality rates are among the highest in the developed world, but 80-year-old Ho Yau-lin is in no hurry to get vaccinated. Ho is scared of ... ( read original story ...)
Mainland expert highlights Hong Kong’s priorities in fighting COVID-19 epidemic
A team of mainland health experts led by Liang Wannian, head of the COVID-19 response expert panel under China's National Health Commission, agreed that reducing the mortality in severe cases is the ... ( read original story ...)
GLOBAL NEWS: No lockdown in Hong Kong despite record-high COVID-19 cases; Macron seeks second term as French President
NEWS & VIEWS: COMELEC chief gets CA nod; DOE seeks more oil price discounts; LRT-1 seeks P5 to P7 fare hike lang Pinoy domestic helpers sa Hong Kong, umalma sa mandatory vaccination; Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Congress Demands Answers From CCP-Friendly HSBC Bank
Congress Demands Answers From CCP-Friendly HSBC Bank Philip Lenczycki on March 4, 2022 Following the 2019-2020 Hong Kong protests, former CEO of HSBC ... ( read original story ...)
Dental Care Provider Arrail Hopes Investors Will Smile on Its Hong Kong IPO
Key takeaways Arrail Group has passed a listing hear in Hong Kong after becoming profitable at the operating level in its latest fiscal year Company hopes to take advantage of ... ( read original story ...)
Nearly half of Hong Kong’s delegates barred from China meetings due to Covid-19
Chief Executive Carrie Lam also turned down invite to the opening of the National People's Congress. . Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong public hospitals hanging by a thread amid surge of fifth-wave Covid cases
Crowds of critically ill patients, low oxygen supplies and poor hygiene conditions are among scenes reported by some public health care staff as Hong Kong struggles with its worst coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong suspends court system as virus crisis deepens
Hong Kong on Friday announced it would suspend court services for a month as the city recorded more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases for the third consecutive day. ( read original story ...)