Chief Secretary John Lee on Thursday announced the opening of a community isolation facility in Hung Shui Kiu. There are around 550 rooms with 1,600 beds at the site -- the fifth built with help from the central government. Speaking to reporters a...

Police on Thursday said they had arrested a nurse and the woman in charge of a clinic in Kwun Tong for allegedly conspiring to give out falsified medical certificates for vaccine exemptions. The pair, aged 28 and 69, are suspected of conspiracy to f...

The government on Thursday found 907 preliminary positive Covid-19 infections after testing residents of six buildings in Tsing Yi, Tuen Mun, Sha Tin, Kwun Tong and Wong Tai Sin during overnight lockdowns. Hang Yee House at Cheung Hang Estate, Tip ...

Cathay Pacific on Thursday confirmed it has stopped flying over Russian airspace, amid the country's assault on Ukraine. In a brief statement to RTHK, the Hong Kong carrier said: "We regularly review our flight routings internally and also with inf...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Thursday that the government will soon give an update on its coronavirus strategy, as she acknowledged that residents and businesses in the SAR are losing patience with the situation. Speaking at her daily Covid b...

Three University of Hong Kong microbiologists, including government adviser Yuen Kwok-yung, have urged the government to decide on a roadmap to returning to normal life, so people can regain confidence and hope. Yuen, David Lung and Siddharth Sridha...

The CEO of planning group Designing Hong Kong, Paul Zimmerman, says a government move to simplify planning processes is unlikely to speed up development much but may lead to worse decisions because the public will have less of a say., though he welco...

The government on Wednesday called on the public to ignore online rumours, supposedly giving details and the date of the Compulsory Universal Testing scheme for Covid. A spokesman said the scheme would be a large scale operation, which called for p...

The government on Wednesday said it had moved to address a shortage of coffins. This come as local suppliers say they have had difficulties in getting coffins delivered, due to the Covid situation both here and on the mainland. In a statement issue...

The government says it is looking to amend a series of laws to try and speed up the process of delivering developable land by up to two and a half years. According to a spokesman from the Development Bureau, changes will be made to legislations reg...

Almost one million people in Hong Kong have been infected with Covid-19 in the latest Omicron outbreak, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Wednesday, as it reported 29,272 new cases. 14,454 of the new infections were confirmed by PCR te...

Another team of mainland medics arrived in Hong Kong on Wednesday to take care of Covid patients. The 300-strong team, including doctors and nurses, will mainly help out at the community treatment centre at AsiaWorld-Expo which is run by the Hospita...

At least 150 gyms could close down in the coming months if they can't reopen for business by April 20, a researcher who studies the local market of gyms and sports venues said. The grim prediction by Gordon Yau from Hong Kong Fitness Guide on Wed...

Health authorities on Wednesday identified 1,197 preliminary positive cases after locking down several blocks in Sham Shui Po, Kwun Tong, Wong Tai Sin, Sha Tin, Tuen Mun and Tsing Yi.   The operation in Tin Chu House of Shun Tin Estate detected 276 ...

Beaches managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) will be closed from Thursday, as the authorities urge people to stay at home as much as possible. At her regular Covid briefing, Lam said data from the Octopus Card company sugge...

The head of the Private Hospitals Association, William Ho, said on Wednesday that private hospitals are already trying their very best to help ease the burden of the Hospital Authority by offering as many beds as they possibly can to take in non-Covi...

A leading epidemiologist said on Wednesday that the SAR must ensure that a groundbreaking anti-viral treatment gets to Covid-19 patients as quickly as possible if it's to have the maximum effect in reducing hospital admissions and deaths. The Hospit...

The Hospital Authority (HA) says an oral antiviral that has just arrived in Hong Kong will be given to high-risk Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms at designated clinics, elderly care homes and public hospitals starting from Wednesday. The authori...

Health authorities on Tuesday reported 27,765 new Covid-19 infections and another 289 deaths. Officials said 11,956 infections were confirmed by laboratories and the remaining 15,809 were reported by people who took rapid tests. The Hospital Author...

A total of 1,000 private hospital beds will be made available for patients transferred from public hospitals in a bid to ease the pressure on the public healthcare system. The arrangement was announced by the Private Hospitals Association on Tuesda...