Lawmakers and advisers to Hong Kong’s leader have called for greater flexibility in the distribution of consumption vouchers and a clear explanation by the government on landlords’ liabilities under ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to let some COVID-positive children stay home amid separation fears
Hong Kong authorities said they would allow some children testing positive for COVID-19 to remain at home, rather than being separated from their parents and hospitalised, after a public outcry from ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Covid crisis and lockdown threat put city on edge
More than a year after Sushmita Gurung was forcibly separated from her two children by Hong Kong medical authorities after testing positive for Covid-19, her five-year-old daughte ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Covid Crackdown Hits Domestic Helpers the Hardest
Hong Kong’s latest Covid containment campaign is taking its greatest toll on the hundreds of thousands of migrant women who work as live-in domestic workers in the city. ( read original story ...)
Thousands Could Die From COVID in Hong Kong, Study Shows
Hong Kong’s fifth wave of coronavirus could see thousands of deaths, a new study said. Slammed by the city's fifth wave of COVID-19, Hong Kong is facing its worst health period since the pandemic ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s new virus cases top 10,000 in spiraling outbreak
Hong Kong on Friday reported another sharp jump in new COVID-19 cases to more than 10,000 in the latest 24-hour period as it battles its worst outbreak of the pandemic. The new daily case count ... ( read original story ...)
China Orders Hong Kong to Get Covid-19 Under Control Before Xi’s July Visit
Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, was summoned to a meeting on the mainland where she got a direct order sent from Xi Jinping: Get the outbreak under control ahead of planned visit by the Chinese leader ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s new COVID cases top 10,000 in spiraling outbreak
Hong Kong on Friday reported another sharp jump in new COVID-19 cases to more than 10,000 in the latest 24-hour period as it battles its worst outbreak of the pandemic. The new daily case count ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Omicron-fuelled outbreak spreads within prisons
Hong Kong prisons on Friday (Feb 25) reported a worsening coronavirus outbreak involving more than 200 inmates at a time when hundreds of political activists and protesters are being kept behind bars. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Rolls out Vaccine Passport, Tightens COVID-19 Measures
With stringent rules already in place the vaccine passport and new COVID-19 measures aim at flattening the growing curve. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong families worry as COVID-19 rules may separate them from their children
Guada, a mother of two young children and pregnant with twins, cries herself to sleep at night, worried that Hong Kong’s severe COVID-19 rules will ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong families despair as COVID rules may separate them from children
Guada, a mother of two young children and pregnant with twins, cries herself to sleep at night, worried that Hong Kong's severe COVID-19 rules will separate her from her kids or force her to give ... ( read original story ...)
Covid live news: US set to ease mask guidelines; Hong Kong building more isolation facilities
New mask-wearing guidelines for United States expected to be announced on Friday; Hong Kong struggling to fight worsening Covid outbreak ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong invoking emergency law to waive licensing requirements for mainland Chinese doctors
Hong Kong is invoking an emergency law to allow medical professionals from mainland China to treat Covid-19 patients in the city without a licence or registration. ( read original story ...)