Delivered 3 times a week. More than a third of Hong Kong residents will be in isolation next month and more than half will have had Covid-19 by April unless containment policies are strengthened, say ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong orders mandatory COVID-19 tests for all residents
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will test its entire population for COVID-19 in March, the city’s leader said Tuesday, as the city grapples with its worst outbreak driven by the omicron variant. Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Test City Three Times Starting March for Covid
(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong will test its entire 7.4 million population three times, starting in March, deploying a key mainland China strategy in a bid to slow an outbreak that’s pushed resources to the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to see three rounds of compulsory virus tests
Hong Kong is going to boost its testing capacity to tackle the Omicron ... to go through three rounds of compulsory testing in March, although Lam did not give a start date. The tests will be spread ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Mass Test City Within Three Months to Tame Outbreak
Experts Forecast Hong Kong’s worsening outbreak is raising questions about the zero-tolerance approach it shares with the mainland. While other parts of the world start to live alongside Covid, ... ( read original story ...)
COVID swamping Hong Kong, study warns coming weeks will be far, far worse
Hong Kong has reported that since the start of February daily infections have surged by around 70 times, overwhelming the government's testing, hospital and quarantine capacities, as it attempts to ... ( read original story ...)
HK startup Greater Bay Airlines granted air transport licence
Hong Kong‘s Air Transport Licensing Authority said on Monday it had granted a licence to startup Greater Bay Airlines, clearing the way for it to operate scheduled commercial flights at a time of ... ( read original story ...)
China Backs Hong Kong Lockdown as Outbreak Builds: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) -- Chinese officials have told Hong Kong they think the city will need to go into a lockdown to contain surging Covid-19 cases, people familiar with the discussions said. While resistant ... ( read original story ...)
More patients, fewer nurses: Hong Kong’s medical frontline struggles with COVID surge
HONG KONG, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Yee, a nurse on the frontline of Hong Kong's fight against COVID-19, recently became one of the patients her hospital had to turn away, after isolation wards, and later ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reports 6,211 new COVID-19 cases
HONG KONG, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Hong Kong reported 6,211 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, and another 9,369 cases who came up positive in preliminary tests, as the city battles to curb a coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Virus Outbreak Builds as City Braces for More Curbs
Hong Kong daily virus cases topped 6,000, as residents await details on mandatory citywide testing and even tighter social-distancing measures to tame a growing outbreak that’s pushed resources to the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong IPO issuers forced to accept lower valuations as geopolitical tension, coronavirus fifth wave sap investors’ demand
In Hong Kong, a record 7,533 Covid-19 cases were confirmed on Monday, as the omicron variant sweeps through the city. The resurgence has overwhelmed hospitals, forced businesses to close and ... ( read original story ...)
Why the Northern Metropolis development strategy won’t lead to a fall in Hong Kong home prices
Finally, a question for existing property owners is whether they have ever seen Hong Kong housing prices tumble because of a new town development announcement? Since the 1960s, the Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Galliard sets up Hong Kong sales office to serve rising demand for UK homes by BN(O) migrants
United Kingdom developers are lining up to set up offices in Hong Kong to serve the hundreds of thousands of Hongkongers who are expected to buy homes there under the fast-track British National ... ( read original story ...)