The Hospital Authority's Chief Executive Officer, Tony Ko, said on Sunday the pressure on public hospitals has eased as the Covid situation stabilises. Speaking at the daily Covid briefing alongside the Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, Ko said they're c...

The DAB on Sunday suggested that incoming foreign domestic helpers should quarantine themselves at their home countries before coming to Hong Kong in order to avoid triggering the flight suspension mechanism. Currently, health authorities will stop...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Sunday defended the government's decision to exempt CE hopefuls from the ban on public gatherings. The government announced on Saturday evening that those who have publicly declared their intention to run for office are...

The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Law Chi-kwong, said on Sunday that the government had approved the import of more than 2,000 workers to work at private care homes amid a staff shortage caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The government annou...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan says the government will distribute the first batch of electronic consumption vouchers – worth HK$5,000 – on Thursday. Writing on his official blog, he said residents are required to spend the money before the end ...

The Government late on Saturday announced that it would gradually provide free Covid-19 oral drugs, namely Paxlovid and Molnupiravir, to private doctors with a view to enabling them to prescribe these two drugs to suitable Covid-19 patients. "Our to...

The government on Saturday gazetted compulsory testing notices for 25 places across Hong Kong. Anyone who has visited any of these premises and stayed there for the length of time and on the dates specified must get a nucleic acid test for Covid-19....

The government locked down two buildings on Saturday afternoon, one in Kowloon Bay and the other in Tsing Yi. Officials moved in after sewage samples from Block 9 of Richland Gardens and Hong Wing House of the Cheung Hong Estate came back positive ...

The number of new Covid-19 cases continued to fall on Saturday, with the 4,475 reported infections down by almost a quarter on the previous day. Among the latest cases, 2,286 were confirmed by PCR tests, while 2,189 had been reported by people who t...

The heads of the Bar Association and Law Society said on Saturday that Hong Kong should continue to invite foreign judges to sit on its top court. The recent resignation of UK Supreme Court president Robert Reed and judge Patrick Hodge from the Hon...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Saturday that all residents would be encouraged to test themselves daily for three consecutive days in the coming week as officials seek to better gauge the SAR's Covid situation. The announcement came as officials...

Government pandemic advisor David Hui on Saturday played down concerns about the latest version of the Omicron Covid variant, a combination of two earlier strains known as XE. Hui made the comment after officials confirmed on Friday that two people...

The government on Friday gazetted compulsory testing notices for 25 places across Hong Kong. Anyone who has visited any of these premises and stayed there for the length of time and on the dates specified must get a nucleic acid test for Covid-19. ...

Tuen Mun Hospital on Friday apologised to a patient after losing a breast tissue specimen of hers. In a statement, a hospital spokesperson said the patient had an ultrasound guided biopsy done on Wednesday, and the specimen was successfully collect...

The government said it will start giving out anti-Covid packs from 10am on Saturday, with the hope of sending them to all households across Hong Kong within a week. Each anti-epidemic service bag contains 10 rapid test kits, 10 KN95 face masks and ...

The DAB said on Friday that 65 percent of parents it polled do not want in-person classes for kindergartens and primary schools to resume later this month. The political party received online responses from 8,389 parents and school principals of mo...

The number of new Covid cases in Hong Kong fell to 5,823 on Friday, some 800 cases less than the previous day . Among the new infections, 2,743 were confirmed by PCR tests while 3,080 were reported by people who took rapid tests. Chuang Shuk-kwan o...

University of Hong Kong researchers say a new study indicates that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has resulted in seven times more child fatalities than flu. They announced the finding after studying the cases of 1,147 young Covid patients ...

A green group said on Friday that more has to be done to preserve wetlands, even though there's been an increase in endangered black-faced spoonbills returning to Hong Kong this wintering season. The plea from the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society cam...

Health Secretary Sophia Chan says officials still plan to require the use of PCR tests when they issue compulsory testing notices. This comes as the government prepares to hand out rapid at-home test kits to every household from Saturday. Chief Ex...