Hong Kong holds the world's worst death rate for COVID-19, though the worst wave of the coronavirus has peaked, according to health experts. Faced with unprecedented spread of the omicron variant, ... ( read original story ...)
Painting provides the colour palette for ‘liveable’ family home in Hong Kong that’s centred on an open-plan kitchen
A light-filled, open-plan kitchen where the family can cook and eat together is at the centre of an apartment home in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, for a pilot, her husband and their two children. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Leader Goes Silent as City’s Covid Crisis Deepens
Since taking office five years ago, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has held a steady stream of news conferences. Now, as the city tops the world in Covid deaths, she’s gone without a briefing since ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus Hong Kong: Queen Elizabeth Hospital to dedicate its more than 2,000 beds to treating serious cases, source says
All emergency ambulance transfers will be diverted to other public hospitals, while non-Covid-19 patients will be discharged or transferred, insider says. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong activist arrested for making online comment that may endanger ‘national security’
A Hong Kong activist hospital worker was arrested for suspected violation of her bail conditions by making comments online that could endanger national security, media reports said. ( read original story ...)
Why has the omicron coronavirus variant hit Hong Kong so hard?
Covid-19 cases are soaring in Hong Kong, and the government’s focus on testing instead of vaccinating older populations may be the reason deaths are spiking and hospitals are overwhelmed ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong May See Empty Isolation Camps as Covid Zero Crumbles
Hong Kong’s worst-ever Covid-19 outbreak brings to mind images of overwhelmed hospitals, isolation facilities full of patients and mortuaries overflowing with bodies. Yet one development seems out of ... ( read original story ...)
China says Hong Kong must stick to “dynamic zero” COVID strategy
"at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url=" Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -A top Chinese health official rallied embattled Hong Kong on Tuesday to stick with a “dynamic zero” coronavirus strategy and ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus Hong Kong: top mainland Chinese expert proposes ‘closed-loop’ staffing arrangement for elderly care homes to reduce deaths
Mainland Chinese expert Liang Wannian says such an arrangement would involve tight restrictions on the movement of personnel and residents of care homes. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kongers rail against Beijing’s strict ‘zero COVID’ plan
Space is at a premium for Hong Kong's 7.5 million residents, making strict COVID-19 isolation harder amid an omicron variant surge. This is just one complaint aimed at the city's authorities who are ... ( read original story ...)
China says Hong Kong’s priority is to cut COVID infections, deaths
Hong Kong needs to stick to its "dynamic zero" coronavirus strategy, focused on reducing infections, severe illnesses and death, a senior Chinese health official said, as the city braced for details ... ( read original story ...)
AP PHOTOS: Scenes from Hong Kong’s COVID-19 crisis
As the global death toll from the coronavirus topped 6 million this week, the semi-autonomous Chinese city has been recording about 150 deaths per day, giving it the world's highest death rate per 1 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong May Drop Mass Testing as Covid Priority, Ming Pao Says
Hong Kong is considering prioritizing reducing Covid-19 deaths over a compulsory citywide test as authorities struggle to contain its worst wave of virus cases in the pandemic, local newspaper Ming ... ( read original story ...)
Why haven’t Hong Kong’s private hospitals stepped up in Covid fight?
Private health sector has come under renewed scrutiny after mainland Chinese Vice-Premier Han Zheng criticised them for not admitting Covid-19 cases. ( read original story ...)