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Swab samples ng nakasalamuha ng OFW na positibo sa COVID-19 variant, sinusuri

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 09:21 PM

Sinusuri na ang swab samples ng mga taong nakasalamuha ng isang Filipino domestic worker sa Hong Kong na nag-positibo sa United Kingdom variant ng SARS-CoV-2. Read more »

DOH says COVID-19 variant in PH 'a question of when'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 09:57 PM

The Department of Health is still not ruling out the possibility that a more infectious strain of the novel coronavirus is already in the country. Read more »

DOH contact-tracing 40 co-passengers of HK resident with reportedly new COVID variant

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 06 06:53 PM

MANILA — At least 40 people are now the focus of the health department's contact tracing efforts, following reports that a foreigner who had travelled to the Philippines tested positive for the new COVID-19 variant upon arriving in Hong Kong.  Read more »

Pasahero galing Pilipinas nagpositibo sa bagong COVID variant sa HK

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 06:59 AM

Nagpositibo sa bagong COVID-19 variant ang isang pasahero na galing Pilipinas pagdating nito sa Hong Kong. Read more »

Protests and pandemic: will pent-up resentment, frustration among Hong Kong’s youth explode again into social unrest?

Lilian Cheng and Tony Cheung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 05 01:16 PM

Hong Kong leaders must tackle students’ pent-up resentment against the government and frustration over the coronavirus pandemic, experts have said, warning that anger could explode again into social unrest.   Read more »

Surprise checkpoint at COVID-19-hit HK housing block uncovers 76 testing violators

Rachel Yeo, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Dec 26 01:02 PM

Authorities had set up a temporary cordon at the Ming Yan Lau block of Sha Tin’s Jat Min Chuen estate and checked more than 1,900 residents on Thursday. Non-compliant residents received a warning and testing was arranged for them.  Read more »

Hong Kong imposes 21-day quarantine for visitors, adds South Africa to banned list

Reuters
Posted at Dec 25 12:22 PM

Hong Kong extended a compulsory quarantine by an extra 7 days to 21 days for all visitors outside China, effective Friday, in stepped-up efforts to prevent a new variant of the novel coronavirus from spreading.   Read more »

New quarantine rules for domestic helpers leave HK employers scrambling for cheap hotel rooms

Rachel Yeo, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 20 03:35 PM

Unwilling to pay peak prices for hotel rooms, some employers delay arrival of foreign helpers. Agents and employers want more affordable hotels added to designated quarantine facilities. Read more »

OFWs, cargo businesses try to survive amid 4th COVID-19 wave in Hong Kong

Jan Yumul
Updated as of Dec 13 10:34 AM

Filipino domestic workers aren't sure whether to remit their wages or hold on to the money amid the pandemic-fueled uncertainty. Read more »

Hong Kong to impose new coronavirus restrictions to battle fourth wave

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 02:04 PM

Hong Kong will ban evening dining at restaurants and close fitness centers, the city's leader said Tuesday, as part of new measures aimed at stemming a fourth wave of coronavirus infections. Read more »

HK 4th wave: Health chiefs warn of potentially ‘explosive outbreak’ of COVID-19, as 101 new cases confirmed

Victor Ting , Chris Lau and Lilian Cheng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 05 10:22 PM

Hong Kong could face an “explosive outbreak” soon if COVID-19 cases and untraceable infections remained high, a health official warned, as 101 new coronavirus cases were confirmed on Saturday, the fourth time this week a triple-digit number was logged.   Read more »

4th wave in HK: All residents promised free COVID vaccine as city confirms 103 new cases

Elizabeth Cheung and Kanis Leung, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Dec 02 08:17 PM

Health secretary Sophia Chan says public to be offered vaccination on voluntary basis, with priority for frontline workers and the elderly. Clusters in building site and care home continue to grow as Hong Kong’s fourth wave brings another triple-digit jump of new cases. Read more »

Fears over ‘super-spreading event’ at dancing venues as HK logs over 100 initial COVID cases

Elizabeth Cheung and Gigi Choy, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 22 07:51 AM

Everyone who visited any of 14 dancing venues linked to a cluster of COVID-19 infections will be required to take a coronavirus test. Among the newly confirmed infections, 21 are related to the dancing cluster, centered on the Wan Chai venue Starlight Dance Club. Read more »

The coronavirus is airborne indoors. But we’re still scrubbing surfaces

Mike Ives and Apoorva Mandavilli, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 19 04:01 PM

All over the world, workers are soaping, wiping and fumigating surfaces with an urgent sense of purpose: to fight the coronavirus.  Read more »

800-bed coronavirus hospital in Hong Kong on track for January opening

South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 16 07:05 AM

A new, temporary 800-bed coronavirus hospital near Hong Kong airport is almost half completed and will be ready to open its doors in January as expected to cope with possible future waves of COVID-19 cases, the city's development chief says. Read more »

China should expect no reprieve from Trump measures under Biden: analysts

Alexandra Alper and Michael Martina, Reuters
Posted at Nov 10 04:03 AM

WASHINGTON - When he enters the White House in January, Joe Biden will likely stick with the Trump administration's harsh policies toward Chinese tech giants like Huawei Technologies, bowing to anti-China sentiment among US lawmakers from both parties. Read more »

Suspected sex worker arrested in HK sparks difficult contact-tracing after testing positive for COVID

Clifford Lo, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Nov 03 02:07 PM

The origin of the woman’s infection is still unknown, and could have been a client, police source says, while others may have been exposed by her in turn. Four police officers, six immigration staff and six people the woman shared a cell with in detention have already been quarantined. Read more »

HK supermarket chain plans HK$80-M giveback scheme to help needy amid pandemic

Ng Kang-chung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 29 12:52 PM

Supermarket chain Wellcome will give away 2 million cash and meal vouchers to 250,000 families, based on money received from government relief measures. Pamphlets consisting of four cash vouchers of HK$50 each and four meal vouchers of HK$28 each will be distributed between mid-November and late-December. Read more »

Hong Kong pink dolphins enjoy comeback as pandemic slows marine traffic

Ayaka Mcgill, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 16 03:15 PM

The population has fallen by 70-80 percent in the past 15 years in what is one of the world's most industrialized estuaries. Read more »

Inhaled COVID-19 vaccine under development in Hong Kong

South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 12 01:43 PM

Researchers in Hong Kong are developing an intranasal vaccine that would offer protection against COVID-19 at its point of attack. Read more »