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HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s hospitals reached 90 percent capacity on Thursday and quarantine facilities were at their limit, authorities said, as the Chinese territory struggles to snuff out a record ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s Fung Shing Restaurant was bustling this week as customers came for one last taste of the traditional Cantonese dim sum that has made it famous. With COVID restrictions ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong is working on plans to test its 7.5 million residents and get its Covid Zero strategy on track, despite spiraling cases, business closures and a backlash against its policy ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong is into its fifth wave, driven by the more transmissible omicron strain. Cases have spiked sharply, from just over 100 cases at the start of February, to a record of 6,166 cases by Thursday. ( read original story ...)

A policy of admitting every positive case to hospital means thousands are being added to an already huge backlog every day Last modified on Fri 18 Feb 2022 01.57 EST The beds pile up outside Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Hong Kong parents rushed children as young as 3 years old to vaccination centres this week as the government lowered the age limit for the shots and the deaths of two ... ( read original story ...)

"Already, Hong Kong has already worked hard to increase its testing ability. At the end of the month we should get to around 300,000 (daily test capacity)," said Lam on Thursday. Some media reports, ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Working-Class District Reels as COVID Runs Rampant By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Lam Foon, 98, sits propped up and swaddled in soggy woollen blankets in a hospital bed just outside ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Hong Kong health authorities are expected to confirm at least 3,600 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, with another 7,600 showing up positive in preliminary tests, broadcaster ... ( read original story ...)

After calling Hong Kong home for 30 years, Tina, a self-employed mom, is calling it quits on the city and moving to Portugal. But with 10 of her booked flights to Europe canceled in the past year, her ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's hospitals are so overwhelmed that they no longer have room for new patients. People with COVID-19 infections waiting to get admitted were seen lying in beds outside. The spillover from ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Hong Kong has identified more than 20,000 hotel rooms for quarantine accommodation, leader Carrie Lam said on Friday, as property developers piled in to support the ... ( read original story ...)

A police officer in personal protective equipment stands guard at a temporary holding area for patients displaying Covid symptoms while waiting for their test results in Hong Kong © Bloomberg ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's coronavirus battle intensified on Thursday as authorities reported new cases had multiplied by 60 times so far this month and media reported that testing would become compulsory for ... ( read original story ...)