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Past articles by Elizabeth:

20 years after Sars: Hong Kong’s Amoy Gardens faced Covid-19 calmly, without 2003’s chaos, infections and deaths

We learned to be proactive and not wait for the government to tell us what to do, says estate chief → Read More

Hong Kong health experts warn 10-year high in death rate last year cannot be put down solely to Covid-19

Health specialists say death rate of 8.2 people per 1,000 could have been caused by fatalities involving other conditions. → Read More

Coronavirus: Hong Kong leader says all travel curbs at mainland China border to end Monday

John Lee says return to regular travel will boost cultural exchanges and economic activity. → Read More

More than 60 per cent of coronavirus-related deaths in Hong Kong were ‘likely caused by Covid-19’, figure higher among older residents

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

Coronavirus: Hong Kong health experts warn of rebound in cases, elderly urged to get Covid shots as soon as possible

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

Coronavirus: tougher penalties for Hong Kong employers who fail to hire enough workers under new wage subsidy scheme

Employers who apply for wage subsidies but fail to hire enough workers will face harsher penalties. → Read More

Coronavirus: can Hong Kong become a hub for traditional Chinese medicine? Exposure and experience from fifth Covid wave suggest so

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

Coronavirus Hong Kong: Seniors can start getting fourth doses of Covid vaccine immediately, with no need to book ahead

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

Why is Hong Kong’s coronavirus death rate so high? Breaking down fatalities by age and vaccination status

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 leader shrugs off Singapore's moves to further ease restrictions, China News

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

Coronavirus Hong Kong: 75 medical workers from mainland China to arrive on Monday to lend hand in fight against fifth wave

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

'Out of oxygen': Hong Kong medical staff share distressing Covid-19 scenes, China News

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 confirms 55,000 new Covid cases; private hospitals urged to step up fight, China News

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

Coronavirus: after two years of battling pandemic, will Hong Kong ever open up? Push vaccination rate above 90 per cent before thinking of ‘living with virus’, experts say

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

Omicron variant: New Year’s Eve expected to mark end of Hong Kong’s zero-case streak; Covid-positive aircrew member ‘found to have visited Central bar’

The city has already identified at least two preliminary-positive cases linked to three infected aircrew members who violated home isolation rules. → Read More

Coronavirus: Hong Kong experts call for end to cargo aircrew self-isolation ‘loophole’ as city battles to keep Omicron variant at bay

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

'Zero-Covid' strategy won't work, says top epidemiologist leaving Hong Kong, China News

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

Omicron variant may be more contagious than Delta, warns Hong Kong expert, China News

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

Coronavirus Hong Kong: launch of quarantine-free travel to mainland China ‘brought forward to early December’, but numbers tightly limited

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

Sinovac says COVID vaccine safe for children, babies

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