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Coronavirus: staff at Hong Kong hospital to undergo stepped-up screening as part of push for border reopening; city confirms 2 imported cases

3h | South China Morning Post on MSN.com

Local health authorities have increased the frequency of Covid-19 testing for fully vaccinated staff at a key infectious ...

Hong Kong to tighten COVID-19 rules, hopes China reopens

2d | ABC

Hong Kong will tighten COVID-19 restrictions despite its lack of outbreaks to align with China’s policies and increase ...

Hong Kong to tighten COVID-19 rules, seeks to open to China

2d | Associated Press on MSN.com

Hong Kong will tighten COVID-19 restrictions despite a lack of local outbreaks to better align with China’s policies and ...

Covid-19: Booster jabs recommended for Sinovac recipients, as Hong Kong Trailwalker cancelled again despite marathon’s approval

6h | Hong Kong Free Press on MSN.com

The scientific committee under the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) has recommended giving a third dose of Covid-19 vaccine ...

Hong Kong: 5 imported COVID-19 cases recorded

1d | 7th Space

The Centre for Health Protection today said it is investigating five additional imported COVID-19 cases, two of which involve mutant strains, while the viral load of one case is insufficient for a ...

Coronavirus: Hong Kong was told to learn from Macau’s model. Here’s what the casino hub is doing to fight Covid-19

24d | South China Morning Post

Hong Kong has maintained a low rate of Covid-19 infections, with the last local case recorded in mid-August. Since then, all cases have been imported, with fewer than 20 daily infections logged.

Coronavirus: Hong Kong-mainland China border unlikely to reopen before February, government adviser says

25d | South China Morning Post

Reopening Hong Kong’s border with mainland China will take at least four to five months of negotiations, according to a Covid-19 adviser to the local government, which is also stepping up work ...

Hong Kong risks global status as Singapore opens up to world

15d | The Japan Times

Singapore has also seen its population drop for a second consecutive year, primarily due to an exodus of foreign workers, students and residents amid tight COVID-19 controls. Still, in Hong Kong ...

Hong Kong prioritized opening to China over the rest of the world. Now it's stuck in Covid limbo

20d | CNN

Hong Kong (CNN)Almost two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, some of the world's major business hubs -- including New York, London and Paris -- are reopening as travel restrictions relax and daily ...

Hong Kong to tighten COVID-19 rules with hope that China reopens

1d | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

HONG KONG >> Hong Kong will tighten COVID-19 restrictions despite a lack of local outbreaks to better align with China’s ...

Coronavirus: no light at end of the tunnel, say business groups as Hong Kong changes Covid-19 quarantine rules

1d | South China Morning Post on MSN.com

Companies in Hong Kong remain deeply pessimistic over the prospect that cross-border business will improve any time soon, ...

Covid-19: Recovered patients to undergo 14-day quarantine as Hong Kong updates vaccination rules for travellers

1d | Hong Kong Free Press on MSN.com

Hong Kong Free Press. Starting Wednesday, recovered Covid-19 patients discharged from Hong Kong hospitals will have to ...

Hong Kong’s Ocean Park posts HK$31.8 million deficit despite government bailouts as Covid-19 blights annual performance figures

1d | South China Morning Post on MSN.com

Hong Kong's Ocean Park has slumped into a HK$31.8 million (US$4 million) deficit after posting a HK$1.92 billion surplus just ...

Coronavirus: Hong Kong-mainland China border unlikely to reopen before February, government adviser says

25d | South China Morning Post

Reopening Hong Kong’s border with mainland China will take at least four to five months of negotiations, according to a Covid-19 adviser to the local government, which is also stepping up work ...

Coronavirus: 200 extra quarantine rooms for Hong Kong domestic helpers booked in minutes, infuriating employers who missed out

24d | South China Morning Post

But University of Hong Kong microbiologist Dr Ho Pak-leung said the current limit on incoming domestic helpers should be maintained, given the high rate of coronavirus infections among the arrivals.

Coronavirus: Beijing tells Hong Kong to strengthen quarantine, testing policies to secure border reopening

28d | South China Morning Post

Hong Kong must strengthen coronavirus controls in areas such as testing and quarantine before the border with mainland China can reopen, the city’s deputy leader has said after meeting Beijing ...

Coronavirus: Hong Kong domestic helper tests positive 5 days after completing quarantine

14d | South China Morning Post

A foreign domestic helper who tested positive for the coronavirus five days after completing quarantine in Hong Kong has been confirmed as infected, triggering compulsory screening orders on ...

Coronavirus vaccines: why Hong Kong will find it tough to secure supplies for Covid-19 booster shots

1mon | South China Morning Post

Hong Kong slow on the draw for Covid-19 booster shots. Here’s why Seven months on from the launch of Hong Kong’s vaccination campaign in February, just 4.47 million people, or 59.5 per cent of ...

Coronavirus: jabs scheduled in Hong Kong care homes to boost vaccination rates among elderly

27d | South China Morning Post

Residents of Hong Kong care homes will be automatically scheduled for Covid-19 jabs under a government plan to boost sluggish vaccination rates among the elderly. They would not receive the shots ...

Coronavirus: Beijing tells Hong Kong to strengthen quarantine, testing policies to secure border reopening

28d | South China Morning Post

Hong Kong must strengthen coronavirus controls in areas such as testing and quarantine before the border with mainland China can reopen, the city’s deputy leader has said after meeting Beijing ...

Coronavirus: 200 extra quarantine rooms for Hong Kong domestic helpers booked in minutes, infuriating employers who missed out

24d | South China Morning Post

But University of Hong Kong microbiologist Dr Ho Pak-leung said the current limit on incoming domestic helpers should be maintained, given the high rate of coronavirus infections among the arrivals.

Coronavirus vaccines: why Hong Kong will find it tough to secure supplies for Covid-19 booster shots

1mon | South China Morning Post

Hong Kong slow on the draw for Covid-19 booster shots. Here’s why Seven months on from the launch of Hong Kong’s vaccination campaign in February, just 4.47 million people, or 59.5 per cent of ...

Coronavirus: Hong Kong domestic helper tests positive 5 days after completing quarantine

14d | South China Morning Post

A foreign domestic helper who tested positive for the coronavirus five days after completing quarantine in Hong Kong has been confirmed as infected, triggering compulsory screening orders on ...

Coronavirus: jabs scheduled in Hong Kong care homes to boost vaccination rates among elderly

27d | South China Morning Post

Residents of Hong Kong care homes will be automatically scheduled for Covid-19 jabs under a government plan to boost sluggish vaccination rates among the elderly. They would not receive the shots ...

Coronavirus Hong Kong: 200 extra quarantine slots ‘nowhere near enough’ to ease city shortage of domestic helpers

29d | South China Morning Post

Inside Hong Kong's mandatory coronavirus quarantine camp at Penny's Bay Inside Hong Kong's mandatory coronavirus quarantine camp at Penny's Bay Mike Cheung, president of the Overseas Employment ...

Coronavirus: US elevates Hong Kong risk level despite absence of local cases; 13 imported infections logged

1mon | South China Morning Post

The United States has elevated its coronavirus risk level for Hong Kong from low to moderate, urging unvaccinated travellers at greater risk of severe illness to avoid non-essential trips to the ...

Coronavirus: Hong Kong to donate 7.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to developing countries

16d | South China Morning Post

Hong Kong will donate 7.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to developing countries through a global distribution platform, the health minister has revealed, noting that the city ...

Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s elder care vaccination plan trying to save lives, not pressure older residents, minister says

27d | South China Morning Post

Hong Kong officials have defended a plan to begin automatically scheduling residents of care homes for Covid-19 jabs, rejecting criticism that the government is unfairly piling pressure on the ...

Coronavirus: Hong Kong-mainland China border unlikely to reopen before February, government adviser says

24d | MSN

Reopening Hong Kong's border with mainland China will take at least four to five months of negotiations, according to a Covid-19 adviser to the local government, which is also stepping up work on ...