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We learned to be proactive and not wait for the government to tell us what to do, says estate chief → Read More
Health specialists say death rate of 8.2 people per 1,000 could have been caused by fatalities involving other conditions. → Read More
John Lee says return to regular travel will boost cultural exchanges and economic activity. → Read More
More than 60 per cent of deaths tied to the Covid-19 pandemic in Hong Kong were likely to have been caused by the virus, with the proportion even higher among those aged above 60, an internal analysis by the Hospital Authority showed. → Read More
Dr Ho Pak-leung of the University of Hong Kong says trend in daily caseloads has been on the rise, but public need not to be too worried. → Read More
Employers who apply for wage subsidies but fail to hire enough workers will face harsher penalties. → Read More
Experts note discussion on collaborative use of Western and Chinese medicines has already come under spotlight, with city set for a wider role in promoting sector. → Read More
Hongkongers aged 60 and up can start receiving fourth doses of Covid-19 vaccines immediately, a senior official said on Friday, as he noted with concern that a lack of bookings had left the city’s inoculation campaign running at a mere one-third capacity. → Read More
City’s most recent seven-day rolling average of Covid-19 deaths per 1 million people stands at 13.85, still topping the global chart. → Read More
Hong Kong’s leader has said the city will chart its own way out of the coronavirus pandemic, emphasising there is no “one size fits all” strategy while seeking to play down comparisons with regional rival Singapore, where a fresh round of restriction-easing is set to begin next week. As Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet Ngor was giving updates on... → Read More
City leader Carrie Lam has revealed that the first batch of the oral anti-Covid drug Paxlovid, from Pfizer, will also arrive on Monday, with more coming over the next two to three months. → Read More
Crowds of critically ill patients, low oxygen supplies and poor hygienic conditions were among scenes reported by some public health care staff as Hong Kong struggles with its worst coronavirus outbreak to date. The Post talked to health care workers who shared their distressing experiences at public hospitals amid the fifth wave, along with their frustrations at being unable to... → Read More
Hong Kong confirmed a new record of more than 55,000 coronavirus cases on Wednesday (March 2), with a government adviser calling on private hospitals to do more to fight the city’s worsening outbreak by treating patients with mild symptoms. All but 27 of the 55,353 infections on Wednesday were locally transmitted, pushing the total tally to 293,730. Another 116 coronavirus-related... → Read More
Government has relentlessly been trying to snuff out every source of infection and deploying various measures – and all signs point to it continuing with approach. → Read More
The city has already identified at least two preliminary-positive cases linked to three infected aircrew members who violated home isolation rules. → Read More
Allowing crew flying from high-risk countries to avoid quarantine altogether while sending some travellers to Penny’s Bay facility ‘contradictory’, Dr Leung Chi-chiu says. → Read More
Hong Kong needs to persuade mainland China to let it move forward by changing its zero-Covid strategy to living with the virus, according to Professor Keiji Fukuda, a leading epidemiologist and outgoing head of the city's top public health school. He said the zero-Covid approach, with strict travel restrictions, quarantine rules and other measures to prevent the coronavirus from entering... → Read More
The new Omicron variant of the coronavirus could be more contagious than the prevalent Delta strain, judging by a “surprisingly distant” transmission in a Hong Kong hotel, a top microbiologist warned on Wednesday, as a transit passenger who spent days at the airport became the city’s fourth case. Medical experts from the University of Hong Kong also urged the public... → Read More
Travellers from the city can enter mainland without undergoing Covid-19 quarantine from first week of next month, under accelerated timeline following Beijing input. → Read More
Chinese drug maker Sinovac says data from the first two phases of its trials supports the bid for its vaccine to be safely given to children aged three and above. Work has begun on the next-generation Sinovac vaccine which the company hopes will provide more protection. → Read More