Health Secretary Sophia Chan said on Sunday that the Omicron cluster at Kwai Chung Estate had now expanded to 170 cases, with patients from seven blocks in the public housing estate. Most of the cases – either confirmed or preliminary positive wi...

The government said on Sunday that a hamster surrendered by a member of the public tested positive for Covid-19, and its owners have been sent into quarantine as a result. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said it was one of 77...

University of Hong Kong microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung says it may take two to three months to rein in the Omicron outbreaks, saying he expects many more cases to emerge in the community following the exponential increase of infections seen in Kwai Ch...

Police said a woman and her son have died after a fire broke out in their Tai Po flat under “unusual” circumstances in the early hours on Sunday. The blaze started at around 3.30am in the unit at Hong Shing Court in Sun Hing Garden. Firefight...

A catering sector representative has urged the government to help restaurants pay their staff so as to avoid layoffs amid the Omicron outbreaks. Simon Wong from the Federation of Restaurants on Sunday called on the government to roll out another ro...

Health officials said on Sunday that three preliminary positive Covid-19 cases were found in overnight lockdowns on three blocks in Kwai Chung Estate. Two of them were from Nga Kwai House, and one lived in Yuk Kwai House. No cases were found from ...

A customs officer on Sunday tested preliminary positive for Covid-19, a day after he attended a press briefing. The customs department said it had alerted media organisations who sent reporters to the event, and the officer’s colleagues who may h...

Authorities locked down another building at the Kwai Chung Estate at 10.30 pm on Saturday evening due to multiple cases in the surrounding area. Residents of Chin Kwai House are required to be tested before 2.30 am on Sunday, regardless of their vac...

Authorities locked down another three buildings at the Kwai Chung Estate at 8 pm on Saturday evening due to multiple cases in the surrounding area. Residents of Hiu Kwai House, Yuk Kwai House and Nga Kwai House are required to be tested before 1 am...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Saturday extended a five-day Covid lockdown to a second block at Kwai Chung Estate, imposed new single-day lockdowns on four neighbouring buildings, and ordered mandatory tests for residents of 13 other blocks as authori...

A cluster of Omicron infections tore through two locked-down Kwai Chung public housing blocks on Saturday, with authorities reporting that more than 100 people have tested positive for Covid – a five-fold increase from the previous day. The Centre...

The District Court on Saturday convicted nine people of taking part in a riot in Tsim Sha Tsui on the evening of August 11, 2019, while one defendant was acquitted. The court heard that the defendants, the youngest of whom was 19, joined a riot with...

The MTR Corporation said on Saturday that services have returned to normal after problems at Yau Tong Station affected the Kwung Tong line. It said it temporarily closed the Yau Tong station and suspended train services between Tiu Keng Leng and Kwu...

The Customs Department on Saturday said nine people have been arrested over the seizure of about 25,000 cannabidol (CBD) products that are suspected of containing a dangerous drug. Officers said they raided three warehouses as well as six shops acro...

Police said on Saturday that a 32-year-old civilian staffer living in Yat Kwai House has tested preliminary positive for Covid. They said she works at the Personnel Services and Staff Relations Branch. They said the woman last went to work at the ...

Sources say Covid testing at two public housing blocks in Kwai Chung Estate under lockdown have now found at least 70 preliminary positive cases. The government has imposed a five-day lockdown of Yat Kwai House which started on Friday. A lockdown...

Infectious disease expert David Hui said on Saturday he believes there is very little chance that the government will be able to relax the current social distancing measures when they expire on February 4. The government has re-introduced a ban on d...

The government said on Saturday it had completed an overnight lockdown of 35-37 Nam Cheong Street in Sham Shui Po, and also tested people nearby. No positive cases were found. They said they had verified that everyone affected by the exercise had un...

Authorities locked down another building in Kwai Chung at 4 am on Saturday morning because one positive Covid case, as well as two preliminary positive cases (with preliminary test results involving a mutant strain) live there. Residents of Ying Kwa...

Authorities have locked down a building in Sham Shui Po on Friday night after a preliminary positive Covid-19 case was reported there. Residents of 35-37 Nam Cheong Street are required to undergo tests overnight and they won’t be allowed to leave...