Researchers at Polytechnic University on Thursday said they have created a 3-D printing material that can kill bacteria and viruses, including the coronavirus. They said the material - made with resin and anti-viral agents, can pierce the cell memb...

Moon Palace Restaurant, which was recently hit by a Covid outbreak, reopened on Thursday after shutting down for a fortnight. The restaurant in Kowloon Tong said it was informed by the Centre for Health Protection on Wednesday that it could resume b...

Key figures of the arts, culture and sport sectors on Thursday called on the government to partially re-open premises, saying their abrupt closure last week because of the Omicron variant left many workers with no income. At a press conference organ...

A pharmacists' group is calling on the government to allocate money under the anti-epidemic fund to help pay for the delivery of medicine to people in need. The Practising Pharmacists Association of Hong Kong said it has been providing medicine cou...

Baptist University said on Thursday one of its nursing students has tested preliminary positive for Covid-19. In a statement, the university said the student attended classes at its main Kowloon Tong campus from Monday to Wednesday. The classrooms a...

A 58-year-old man was on Thursday sentenced to 12 years and one month in prison for pouring acid over a neighbour he had a long-running dispute with. Wong Kin-keung pleaded guilty to throwing corrosive fluid with intent to do grievous bodily harm. ...

Four drivers were taken to hospital on Thursday morning after a pile-up involving seven vehicles near Tseung Kwan O. Authorities said a motorbike heading south on Tseung Kwan O Road was forced to stop because of traffic conditions, but the six cars ...

A specialist in respiratory medicine, David Hui, on Thursday said people who are at a greater risk of catching Covid-19 should consider wearing a cloth mask on top of a surgical mask, to increase protection against the highly transmissible Omicron va...

DAB lawmaker, Holden Chow, on Thursday called on the government to improve testing arrangements in Tuen Mun, after some residents complained that they had to queue for hours despite the government opening up 10 testing sites. Authorities fear silen...

Health authorities on Thursday found no new Covid cases at overnight lockdowns in Aberdeen and Yau Tong. Pik Long House, at Shek Pan Wai Estate in Aberden, was sealed off for testing just before 9 pm on Wednesday, after a 20-year-old resident teste...

Silka Seaview Hotel will from next week be used to quarantine close contacts of Covid patients, rather than foreign domestic helpers arriving in Hong Kong. The government announced the move on Wednesday, saying it's part of efforts to boost faciliti...

An expert panel that advises the government on Covid-19 vaccines on Wednesday recommended that children aged between five to 11 get one-third of a BioNTech dose. BioNTech is currently available to people 12 years old and above. Although distributor...

Two residential blocks in Yau Tong and Aberdeen were put under overnight lockdown on Wednesday after the discovery of preliminary-positive cases there. Authorities said residents at Maya Tower 1 in Yau Tong had to be tested after a 19-year-old seco...

Health officials on Wednesday were investigating if a university student acquired Covid-19 after he visited a Japanese restaurant in Causeway Bay for hot pot around the same time as a woman who was infected earlier. Officials said the University of ...

Health authorities revealed on Wednesday that 36 people were recently given doses of Covid vaccine that were past their use-by date and two ended up in hospital. The Department of Health said BioNTech shots should be used within 31 days of thawing,...

Representatives of the tourism and hotel industries are calling on the government to allocate around HK$1 billion to help the sectors get through the fifth wave of the pandemic. They made the call after Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the governmen...

Government pandemic advisor Yuen Kwok-yung said people could wear two masks for better protection against Covid-19. Yuen's comments came after he inspected a residential block in North Point on Wednesday, suspecting vertical transmission of the viru...

Cathay Pacific has defended its recent practice of allowing crew who served on outbound passenger flights to return to Hong Kong on cargo flights, saying the arrangement was in line with government regulations and officials were aware of it. Until r...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday rejected suggestions that her administration had bungled its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic as she sparred with some lawmakers in the first meeting of the new Legislative Council. During a question-and-answ...

Chief Secretary John Lee has accused the Economist of misleading its readers about the situation in Hong Kong, in his second letter admonishing an international news outlet in as many weeks. In its January 8 edition, the London-based publication ran...