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HK's COVID hamster cull sparks fear of owners abandoning pets

Jessie Pang, Reuters
Posted at Jan 19 02:23 PM

Scientists around the world have said there was no evidence that animals play a major role in human contagion with the coronavirus. Read more »

Thousands flock to popular HK flower market; Lunar New Year fairs canceled

Kathleen Magramo, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 16 07:50 AM

Mong Kok’s Flower Market Road is packed as locals do their festive shopping ahead of the Lunar New Year. Health chief Sophia Chan says fairs had to be banned as invisible transmission chains of the omicron variant remain in city. Read more »

More HK politicians sent to quarantine after birthday party

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 07 03:13 PM

Four Hong Kong lawmakers and the city's immigration czar joined another top official at a quarantine camp as a coronavirus scare widened Friday. Read more »

China tells HK: Boost COVID measures to merit border reopening

South China Morning Post
Posted at Sep 28 02:12 PM

Hong Kong’s No. 2 official says talks with mainland officials on reviving cross-border travel can resume if improvements are made in three areas of its COVID-19 policy. Read more »

Hong Kong opens walk-in COVID-19 vaccination to all

Elizabeth Cheung, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Sep 20 07:46 PM

All Hongkongers will be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine at most community inoculation centers without booking from Wednesday. Read more »

HK panel recommends single dose of Pfizer vaccine for teens

Reuters
Posted at Sep 16 11:38 AM

A panel of health experts advising the Hong Kong government has recommended children aged 12-17 should get only one dose of BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine after reports of heart inflammation side effects. Read more »

HK domestic helpers only allowed to use 1 quarantine hotel

South China Morning Post
Updated as of Sep 06 03:10 PM

Foreign domestic helpers are only allowed to use one designated quarantine hotel when they arrive in Hong Kong. Read more »

Pila ng 'yellow card' para sa OFWs dinagsa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 07:21 PM

Dagsa sa pila sa BOQ ang mga OFW na nag-a-apply sa Hong Kong para makakuha ng 'yellow card.' Read more »

Macau test population 4 COVID-19 cases

Reuters
Posted at Aug 04 10:24 AM

The gambling hub of Macau has launched a test program for its 600,000 people after the Chinese-ruled city confirmed 4 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. Read more »

More Hong Kong restaurants try out tricky 'vaccine bubble'

South China Morning Post
Updated as of Jun 21 08:02 AM

A challenging arrangement under Hong Kong's "vaccine bubble" that allows restaurants to boost operations provided staff and customers have received Covid-19 jabs finally showed signs of a breakthrough ahead of Father's Day, nearly two months into the scheme. Read more »

Meet Grace, the healthcare robot COVID-19 created

Joyce Zhou, Reuters
Posted at Jun 09 02:11 PM

The Hong Kong team behind celebrity humanoid robot Sophia is launching a new prototype, Grace, targeted at the healthcare market and designed to interact with the elderly and those isolated by the COVID-19 pandemic.   Read more »

Hong Kong could soon bin millions of unused vaccine doses

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 25 12:41 PM

Hong Kong may soon have to throw away millions of Coronavirus vaccine doses because they are approaching their expiry date and not enough people have signed up for the jabs, an official warned Tuesday. Read more »

HK airport worker jailed for nearly 3 years over HK$3 million surgical mask scam

Jasmine Siu, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 18 08:03 PM

An airport ground worker has been jailed for nearly 3 years for stealing more than HK$3 million (US$384,600) from a primary school friend who paid her to buy surgical masks at the start of the coronavirus epidemic in Hong Kong last year. Read more »

Hong Kong domestic workers queue up outside testing centers

Kathleen Magramo, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 17 01:37 PM

Some dress in red after a group urged workers to wear the color as a sign of protest over the requirement for another test. Domestic helpers had nine days to comply with the first screening order, but this time have about two weeks. Read more »

HK U-turn on COVID-19 jabs for domestic helpers: diplomatic row averted, but...

Lilian Cheng and Natalie Wong, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 09 07:30 AM

The rushed decision on mandatory testing and vaccination of helpers was ‘made without consultation’. The flip-flop episode shows that the government needs to think through new moves thoroughly, observers say. Read more »

First patients in HK with COVID-19 variants arrested over providing misleading info

Kanis Leung and Christy Leung, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 08 09:09 PM

Hong Kong’s first two patients found locally with Covid-19 variants were arrested on Saturday over providing misleading information to authorities for contact tracing, the South China Morning Post has learned.   Read more »

Hong Kong 'vaccine bubble' to complicate rules for bars and restaurants

South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 28 07:03 AM

Hong Kong's struggling restaurants and bars stand to benefit from the relaxation of social-distancing measures from Thursday, but only if they can comply with a complicated new set of rules, with vaccination as a key condition. Read more »

Scores test positive for COVID-19 on India flight to Hong Kong

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 20 03:55 PM

At least 49 passengers on a flight from New Delhi to Hong Kong have tested positive for coronavirus, authorities said, as the financial hub introduced an emergency ban on all flights from India in a crackdown over a new wave of cases.   Read more »

HK restaurant, bar owners angry over gov't requirements for lifting COVID-19 restrictions

Cannix Yau, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 13 02:17 PM

Restaurant and bar owners in Hong Kong have reacted with anger and disappointment to the government’s requirements for easing the coronavirus restrictions on their businesses.   Read more »

Workers from Hong Kong's pubs, karaoke bars start hunger strike, demand reopening

South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 05 09:11 AM

Workers from Hong Kong's pubs, karaoke bars and mahjong parlors have started a four-day hunger strike outside the city's legislature to pressure the government into allowing them to reopen as new coronavirus infections have remained low. Read more »