Health authorities on Friday said a security guard at the Penny’s Bay quarantine camp, who is the colleague of another guard who was recently infected with Covid-19, has also tested preliminary positive for the virus. Chuang Shuk-kwan from the Ce...

The government said on Friday that the lockdown of a building in Tuen Mun took longer than expected, because one person's Covid-19 test came back as "indeterminate". Block 2 of Hoi Tak Gardens on Wing Fat Lane was sealed off for overnight testing ...

Customs officers say they arrested five men after seizing 35 tonnes of frozen meat on a boat in waters off Lantau on Thursday. Officers said on Friday that they suspect the HK$5.2 million haul, which included pig maw and tripe, was being smuggled to...

A specialist in respiratory medicine said on Friday that Hong Kong's current social distancing rules should be extended. Dr Leung Chi-chiu said people should continue to stay home as much as possible and avoid visiting high-risk places to prevent a ...

Health authorities lifted an overnight lockdown at a building in Tuen Mun on Friday morning, finding no new cases after testing about 380 residents at JC Place Tower 1 in Castle Peak Bay. A second overnight testing operation at Block 2 of Hoi Tak G...

Four doctors who treated a man who tested positive for Covid after being involved in a traffic accident were sent to quarantine on Thursday, while three patients who were in the same cubicle at an intensive care unit have been moved to isolation ward...

The Airport Authority said on Thursday Hong Kong will ban the transit of flight passengers from more than 100 countries and territories from Sunday amid the spread of the Omicron variant. It said the new rule applies to passengers who've been in mor...

The government on Thursday evening locked down two residential blocks in Tuen Mun – the homes of two nurses working in clinics in the district who have tested preliminary positive for Covid-19. Testing has been ordered for residents of JC Place To...

Two nurses who worked at the same clinics in Tuen Mun have tested preliminary positive for Covid-19 and officials are investigating if there was silent transmission there. They were among fewer than 10 preliminary-positive cases reported by health a...

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...