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Hong Kong’s government is expected on Wednesday to unveil a budget that’s headed further into the red as the surging virus threatens to engulf the economy. ( read original story ...)

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is preparing to end Covid-19 rules in England while his government authorized another vaccine booster shot for the most vulnerable people. The decision comes as the U.K. - ... ( read original story ...)

Covert meetings, whispered threats and mysterious phone calls — warnings of reprisals by authorities from shadowy messengers are hounding Hong Kong’s civil society as China flattens a pro-democracy ... ( read original story ...)

After deploying armies of workers to lock down residents and announcing plans to build a large makeshift hospital, the authorities in Hong Kong are taking another strategy out of China’s coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)

Over 100 nucleic acid test members of a medical support team from the Chinese mainland on Monday began offering sampling services in Hong Kong, boosting the speed of tracking COVID-19 cases. The staff ... ( read original story ...)

With support from the central authorities and people from the mainland, China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) plans to set up more isolation and treatment facilities to relieve ... ( read original story ...)

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 21) — The Philippine government is extending help to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who tested positive for COVID-19 in Hong Kong. Acting presidential ... ( read original story ...)

Under the current social-distancing measures, some restaurants were allowed to continue seating groups of four, a privilege that will no longer apply after Thursday. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong confirmed on Monday that its vaccine bubble will be expanded to include shopping malls and supermarkets, but said exemptions and random inspections would happen at some sites, as authorities ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.9% in the November-January quarter, the government said on Monday, and the outlook is overshadowed by a surge in coronavirus cases ... ( read original story ...)

The Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, where the city's old airport once stood, would be turned into a dedicated COVID facility with 1,000 beds to mitigate overburdened public hospitals. The conversion of ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong was set to report 7,533 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, a new record high, broadcaster TVB reported, as the city battles to contain a surge in cases that has overwhelmed its healthcare ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong is considering stricter social-distancing steps to curtail an escalating outbreak that’s strained its hospitals. Departures have climbed to the highest during the pandemic as residents flee ... ( read original story ...)

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Ryan Holsheimer, head of cash equity & equity distribution for Asia-Pacific, is leaving the firm, adding to a string of senior departures and relocations from Hong Kong, ... ( read original story ...)