Hong Kong reported three deaths in Covid-positive patients, the first fatalities in the financial hub since September, as a record outbreak overwhelms hospitals and testing resources, providing the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s zero Covid policy threatened by surge
Hong Kong has recorded more than 1,000 Covid infections for the first time since the pandemic began in a worrying milestone for officials who are aggressively pushing for zero-Covid. The city has some ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Sees Deaths; Infections Rise in Germany: Virus Update
Hong Kong announced its first coronavirus deaths in five months, while reports said new cases would be around the 1,000 mark, as a wave of infections overwhelms the hospital system in one of the last ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong vaccine rates spike as outbreak shatters COVID-free dreams
Vaccination rates are rising sharply among the elderly in Hong Kong, lifting from a relatively low base as an Omicron-fuelled spike in new COVID-19 cases and looming vaccine passes pierce ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Deaths; New Zealand Protestor Arrests: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong reported its first Covid deaths in five months, after new cases topped four figures for the first time as the record wave overwhelms the hospital system. Most Read from ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Deaths; New York Lifting Mask Mandate: Virus Update
Hong Kong reported its first Covid deaths in five months, after new cases topped four figures for the first time as the record wave overwhelms the hospital system. ( read original story ...)
Covid live: Hong Kong daily cases nearly double in new wave; Poland could lift restrictions in March
Hong Kong battles rise as it brings in toughest pandemic measures to date; Polish health minister says Omicron infections dropping ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s young journalists decry the ‘death of free press’
Journalists broadly decried the “death of free press” in Hong Kong, whose vibrant media scene — at least 15 newspaper titles with a mix of political leanings and more than four news channels for a ... ( read original story ...)
Covid live: Hong Kong sees ‘first virus-linked death’ in five months; UK to hire 15,000 workers for pandemic backlog
Hong Kong sees first potential death from Covid for five months as outbreak worsens; NHS waiting list in England at record 6 million and growing ... ( read original story ...)
Deja vu in Hong Kong as virus restrictions spark panic buying
Shoppers thronged Hong Kong's markets fearing a shortage of food Wednesday, familiar scenes in a city that is back under gruelling Covid restrictions in contrast to much of the world. ( read original story ...)
Covid live news: Hong Kong ‘set for record daily cases’; help for poor nations failing, says WHO
Hong Kong sees first death from Covid for five months as outbreak worsens; scheme to help poor nations ‘running on fumes’ says WHO ... ( read original story ...)
Record Hong Kong Cases; New Zealand Protests Go On: Virus Update
Hong Kong is set to report record new cases Wednesday even as a top adviser to the city’s leader said he’s “very optimistic” the city will reopen to the world within the next year. ( read original story ...)
U.S., 20 nations condemn press freedom suppression in Hong Kong
The United States along with 20 other countries on Tuesday condemned the governments of Hong Kong and China for their crackdown on press freedom in the former British colony. ( read original story ...)
Only One in 10 Hong Kong Parents Willing to Vaccinate Children
The vast majority of Hong Kong parents are not willing to have their young children vaccinated against Covid-19, a survey released Tuesday found. ( read original story ...)