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Hong Kong on Wednesday unveiled a massive $22 billion budget, which contains new measures to fight COVID-19 and stimulate the island's sagging economy amid a new wave of infections. ( read original story ...)

As cases sweep through the cramped territory, denizens of tiny apartments search for places to quarantine and isolate as stipulated by law. ( read original story ...)

As cases sweep through the cramped territory, denizens of tiny apartments search for places to quarantine and isolate as stipulated by law. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong launched a new round of cash handouts as the city struggles to contain China’s biggest outbreak of coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, even as economists warn ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong reported a record 8,674 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, as the city prepares for compulsory testing of its residents after authorities extended the toughest social restrictions imposed ... ( read original story ...)

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said the spread of the virus has "dealt a heavy blow to many people, disrupting both their life and work." ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong parents are being separated from children and babies who test positive for the coronavirus, compounding public anger over the financial hub's lack of readiness for a major outbreak now ... ( read original story ...)

All were suspected or confirmed Covid cases waiting to be admitted. "It felt like we were in a wartime refugee camp. It was depressing. We were tearful, but there was no more space in the ward. They ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong protest films “Revolution of Our Times” and “May You Stay Forever Young” will have their British premiere in March at a new film festival organized by artists and culture sector workers ... ( read original story ...)

Stringent coronavirus rules would be in place until mid-April with schools breaking early for summer and resuming the new year in August, she said, as authorities battle an "exponential" rise in ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong had kept the coronavirus largely at bay since the start of the pandemic. | But the omicron wave has now spread through the city, hitting the unvaccinated and elderly in particular. New covid ... ( read original story ...)

new video loaded: Hong Kong Mandates Covid-19 Testing for All Residents Hong Kong’s more than seven million residents will be required to take three coronavirus tests over a short period in March, as ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong will test its entire population of 7.4 million people three times and maintain strict social distancing rules in a bid to slow an outbreak that’s now the worst on record for ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong, struggling with its worst COVID-19 outbreak since the pandemic began, will test every one of its 7.5 million people for the coronavirus three times next month, the city’s leader said ... ( read original story ...)