Over a thousand people have tested preliminary positive for Covid during overnight lockdowns at housing blocks in Sha Tin, Kwun Tong, Kwai Chung, and Cheung Sha Wan. At Foo Wo House on Wo Che Estate in Sha Tin, almost 20 percent of those tested wer...

A pharmacist NGO is to provide free drug delivery services to chronically ill patients who have difficulty getting their medication because of Covid lockdown or quarantine. The Pharmaceutical Care Foundation plans to operate the service from Monday ...

The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, has urged property developers to offer rent concessions to tenants that have been forced to close because of social gathering restrictions. The mandatory closure of these premises, which include gyms, beauty parlour...

The Secretary for Labour and Welfare said on Sunday that the government is hiring 1,000 temporary workers from the mainland to take care of elderly Covid patients at its isolation and treatment facilities. Writing on his official blog, he said man...

The chief executive of the Hospital Authority, Tony Ko, on Saturday urged Covid patients with mild or no symptoms not to attend accident and emergency departments, saying hospitals are facing “extremely high pressure”. In a video on the HA’s ...

The government on Saturday night locked down the High Block and Low Block of Shek Chun House at Shek Lei (I) Estate in Kwai Chung after Covid-19 was found in sewage samples there. The complex was cordoned off at 9pm, and residents will have to get ...

Authorities on Saturday put several blocks located in Sha Tin, Kwun Tong and Cheung Sha Wan under overnight lockdown to look for asymptomatic Covid patients, after sewage samples from the buildings were found with traces of Covid-19. The lockdown o...

Hong Kong is easing its discharge criteria for Covid patients and close contacts in quarantine, as the city reported 17,063 new Covid notification cases and 66 deaths on Saturday. All but six of the new infections were locally transmitted. The pat...

Health authorities have discovered more than 600 preliminary positive Covid infections following an overnight lockdown of two Kwun Tong public housing blocks and another building in Tseung Kwan O. Sau Wah House at Sau Mau Ping Estate was cordoned of...

A man has died in a traffic accident on the North Lantau Highway. The 64-year-old had been driving a light goods vehicle towards Tung Chung at about 7.30 pm on Friday, when he reportedly hit a special purpose vehicle near the Lantau Link Plaza and ...

The official leading Hong Kong's vaccination drive, Patrick Nip, says he expects it to be a matter of a few days before the SAR records 90 percent of its population as having had their first Covid jab. The Civil Service Bureau secretary said reachi...

Health officials closed 19 mobile Covid testing stations around town on Saturday, as Hong Kong shifted its testing strategy to cope with the surge of infections of recent weeks. To relieve the burden on overwhelmed public laboratories, the governme...

Hongkong Post said on Saturday that three post offices will close until March 1 for disinfection, after a number of staff tested preliminary positive for Covid. The affected buildings are Discovery Bay Post Office, Cheung Sha Wan Post Office, and W...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Saturday that the government was planning to offer interest-free loans to small landlords, who will be affected by his proposed moratorium on commercial rents. Under Chan’s latest budget, landlords will be ba...

Government vaccine advisor Ivan Hung says Covid vaccinations should be mandatory, especially the elderly, and that the key to fighting Omicron was being triple jabbed. Speaking on a radio show on Saturday, Hung said Hong Kong was now racing against ...

The Centre for Health Protection on Friday said scheduled testing, concerning specified places as announced on or after 21 February, had been cancelled. The move came as the government on Friday said it would start distributing rapid antigen test (R...

Authorities on Friday gazetted amended employment laws which will require employers to grant paid sick leave to staff who are absent from work due to the government's Covid-control measures, and make it illegal for them to dismiss these workers for t...

The government said Financial Secretary Paul Chan will work from home until Sunday after a domestic helper at his official residence tested preliminary positive for Covid-19. A spokesperson for his office said on Friday that the test results of Cha...

Health officials on Friday said people who test positive for Covid-19 with rapid test kits will no longer need to submit a deep throat saliva sample for confirmation. That's part of a major change in the government's testing strategy as officials st...

The government has imposed lockdowns on two buildings in Tseung Kwan O and Kwun Tong, requiring residents to get tested for Covid-19 overnight. Authorities sealed off Block 5 of On Ning Garden in Tseung Kwan O on Friday night, saying preliminary po...