Health officials on Tuesday warned of silent transmission of the coronavirus in Tuen Mun after more cases emerged in the district. Two more people linked to a pharmacy in Tuen Mun, as well as a security guard at the Penny's Bay Quarantine Centre who...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that the government is preparing another round of subsidies for businesses hit hard by the Omicron outbreaks. It would be the fifth round of anti-epidemic fund since the pandemic began, and Lam said more d...

Some parents have expressed concern that the upcoming class suspension would affect their children's learning progress, while others told RTHK that the government's decision is reasonable amid the worsening pandemic. Earlier on Tuesday, Chief Execu...

A leader of Beijing's top think tank on Hong Kong on Tuesday said the SAR will not adopt the mainland's democratic system or that of the West, but a new version that fits the territory's capitalist model. Wang Zhenmin, vice-president of the Chinese ...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she believes the restaurant involved in the birthday party saga last week was operating "well beyond its capacity" as investigations continue. Health authorities said on Monday 214 people were at the birthd...

Some of Hong Kong's over-60s have been making the most of a new rule that came into effect on Tuesday barring younger people from getting a jab at one of 24 vaccination centres unless they have an appointment. A woman surnamed Yu said she arrived ea...

Medical experts have backed the government's decision to cut the quarantine period for close contacts of Covid patients from 21 days to 14, saying infections will not leak out as a result of the move. Officials announced the policy change after a re...

The government has announced that all childcare centres, kindergartens and primary schools will have to suspend face-to-face classes by Friday in light of the Omicron outbreaks. Chief Executive Carrie Lam made the announcement on Tuesday, saying cl...

A pharmacists' group called on Tuesday for the government to lower the minimum age for people to receive a BioNTech Covid vaccine to five. At the moment, children as young as 12 are allowed to have the jab, while government advisers have recommende...

Health authorities on Tuesday said they did not find any Covid-19 cases at a lockdown on a housing block in Mei Foo. The lockdown operation – prompted by the discovery of a resident who tested preliminary positive – took place at 5 to 7 Nassau ...

Authorities on Monday evening locked down a housing block in Mei Foo after a resident there tested preliminary positive for Covid. The building is located at 5 to 7 Nassau Street, Mei Foo Sun Chuen Phase 5. The government said it aims to finish t...

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said it believes a part-time Sogo department store saleswoman, whose source of infection was unknown previously, probably caught Covid-19 from her father. Authorities also announced on Monday they are shortenin...

The government said on Monday that 150 more hotel rooms will be available from February 1 for foreign domestic helpers to undergo quarantine upon arriving in Hong Kong. The Labour Department said the Rambler Garden Hotel in Tsing Yi will be providin...

A group has called on the government to consider letting some civil servants work from home and allow schools to break early for the Lunar New Year to help rein in the spread of Covid-19. The Hong Kong Round Table on People's Livelihood surveyed 1,1...

Legco president Andrew Leung said on Monday that he "strongly advises" 16 lawmakers who recently attended a Covid-hit banquet to skip the first full council meeting of the new term this Wednesday. Two people who joined a birthday party for National ...

A local deputy to the National People's Congress, Ma Ho-fai, on Monday confirmed that he and his wife had dined with a 43-year-old woman who has since tested preliminary positive for Covid-19. Ma told RTHK that he and his wife are now considered clo...

The government says the walk-in arrangement at Covid-19 vaccination centres will be tightened from Tuesday to cover only people aged 60 or above. Long queues began to form at various vaccination centres recently after the government announced strict...

Government pandemic advisers say officials are studying whether the quarantine period for close contacts of Covid-19 patients should be shortened from 21 days to 14. Quarantine facilities have been filling up recently, as authorities send hundreds ...

Health officials on Monday said no Covid-19 cases had been found after they conducted three lockdowns in Tuen Mun, Tai Kok Tsui and Tai Po. The operations, prompted by three preliminary positive cases, took place at Tower 8 of Aegean Coast on Castle...

The government on Sunday said that 11 officials, who attended a recent banquet and had their quarantine orders lifted, will have to use their vacation leave to isolate at home. The announcement follows the discovery of another preliminary positive ...