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Hong Kong: Hotels reduce Covid quarantine period to three days

Aug 08, 2022, at 06:24 pm

Hong Kong/UNI: Hong Kong is easing its Covid quarantine requirements for international arrivals by reducing the quarantine stay in hotels to three days from the earlier seven day period.

Hong Kong witnessing COVID-19 spike deadlier than Wuhan

Mar 16, 2022, at 12:10 am

Hong Kong: Hong Kong, the city which is reporting a massive spike in COVID-19 cases, is witnessing the death toll to exceed the number of coronavirus-related fatalities in the Chinese city of Wuhan, from where the contagious virus had first originated.

Hong Kong's COVID-19 death rate touches highest figure in the world

Mar 10, 2022, at 05:13 am

Hong Kong: Hong Kong is witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases with the death rate per million people now touching the highest in the world.

COVID-19: Hong Kong to start compulsory testing of citizens

Feb 23, 2022, at 10:15 pm

Hong Kong: Authorities in Hong Kong have ordered to compulsorily test all people in the city for COVID-19.

Hong Kong registers 7 more cases of Omicron Covid 19 variant

Dec 23, 2021, at 12:06 am

Hong Kong/UNI/Xinhua: Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported seven additional cases of the Omicron variant of Covid 19 on Wednesday, bringing the total number of Omicron infections to 34.

Hong Kong registers 5 new imported Covid-19 cases

Dec 07, 2021, at 09:00 pm

Hong Kong/UNI/Xinhua: Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported five new imported cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, taking the total tally to 12,471.

Travellers from South Africa, Hong Kong must be screened rigorously amid fears of new strain: Centre

Nov 26, 2021, at 04:02 am

New Delhi/IBNS: India on Thursday called for rigorous screening and testing of travellers coming from South Africa, Hong Kong and Botswana where a new variant of COVID-19 has been found with multiple mutations.

Hong Kong approves persons vaccinated with Covaxin for inbound travel

Nov 11, 2021, at 01:05 am

New Delhi/UNI: Travellers who have received both doses of Covaxin are now eligible for inbound travel to Hong Kong as the country has included the India-made COVID-19 vaccine into its list of approved vaccines.

Hong Kong registers 2 new deaths of old people vaccinated against COVID-19

Mar 15, 2021, at 02:21 am

Beijing/Sputnik: Hong Kong's Health Department has reported two fatalities among old people with chronic diseases who got inoculated with vaccine against the coronavirus in early March.

Seven in Hong Kong fall sick after taking China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine jabs

Mar 09, 2021, at 04:54 pm

At least seven people felt ill after receiving Chinese Sinovac vaccine shots in Hong Kong city, media reports said.

Hong Kong locks down nearly 10,000 people in Coronavirus-hit district: Reports

Jan 23, 2021, at 10:31 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: Hong Kong authorities on Saturday issued a two-day lockdown on some 10,000 residents of the densely populated Yau Tsim Mong district, seeking to stem a spike in COVID-19 transmissions, media reported.

Hong Kong witnessing yet another surge in COVID-19 cases

Nov 23, 2020, at 11:59 pm

Hong Kong: Hong Kong, which has been witnessing a series of protests against Chinese actions in recent times, might be bracing up for the 'fourth wave' of COVID-19 outbreak.

Hong Kong reports no new local COVID-19 cases for 3 consecutive days

Oct 28, 2020, at 11:26 pm

Hong Kong/Xinhua: Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported two new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, taking Hong Kong's tally to 5,310.

Hong Kong reports 48 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 4,360 in total

Aug 14, 2020, at 08:56 pm

Hong Kong/Xinhua: Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported 48 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total confirmed cases in Hong Kong to 4,360.

Hong Kong reports 19 new COVID-19 cases, 1,588 in total

Jul 15, 2020, at 09:54 pm

Hong Kong/Xinhua: Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported 19 additional cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, including 14 local infections.

Hong Kong reports 3 new COVID-19 cases

May 30, 2020, at 05:21 pm

Hong Kong/Xinhua/UNI: Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported three more confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the total number to 1,082.

HKUMed research examines how Hong Kong managed first wave of COVID-19 without resorting to complete lockdown

Apr 23, 2020, at 05:18 pm

Hong Kong/IBNS: Hong Kong appeared to have averted a major COVID-19 outbreak up to March 31, 2020, by adopting far less drastic control measures than most other countries, with a combination of border entry restrictions, quarantine and isolation of cases and contacts, together with some degree of social distancing, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed).

Hong Kong reports five newly confirmed COVID-19 cases

Apr 13, 2020, at 06:00 pm

Hong Kong/Xinhua/UNI: Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported on Monday five additional confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong to 1,009.

Hong Kong to close beauty, massage parlors amid COVID-19 epidemic

Apr 08, 2020, at 12:28 pm

Hong Kong/Xinhua/UNI:  Hong Kong will close beauty salons and massage parlors for 14 days since Friday, an official statement said Wednesday, adding to a string of social distancing measures to fight the COVID-19 epidemic.

Hong Kong reports 28 new COVID-19 cases, 890 in total

Apr 05, 2020, at 08:07 pm

Hong Kong/Xinhua/UNI: Hong Kong's Center of Health Protection (CHP) reported on Sunday 28 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong to 890.

Hong Kong reports 3 new COVID-19 cases, toddler infected

Mar 13, 2020, at 07:12 pm

Hong Kong/Xinhua/UNI: Hong Kong reported three more confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, including a 16-month toddler, taking the total to 134.

Confirmed COVID-19 cases remain at 100 in Hong Kong

Mar 03, 2020, at 05:07 pm

Hong Kong/Xinhua/uni:  Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Tuesday afternoon that the number of the confirmed COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong remained at 100 as no new confirmed cases had been reported.

Hong Kong reports first Coronavirus death

Feb 04, 2020, at 04:13 pm

Hong Kong/IBNS: Hong Kong City reported its first case of death from the coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday.

Over 80 protesters wanted in Hong Kong escape to Taiwan: Reports

Jan 27, 2020, at 05:20 pm

Moscow/Sputnik/UNI:  More than 80 protesters whom the Hong Kong authorities suspect of participating in the unrest during anti-government protests have fled the special administrative region to Taiwan, media reported on Monday, citing police sources.

Hospitals in Hong Kong report 21 Wuhan-related pneumonia cases: Authority

Jan 06, 2020, at 05:59 pm

Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Public hospitals in Hong Kong have identified 21 cases suspected to be related to the recent pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan in Central China, the city’s Hospital Authority said in a statement on Monday.

Typhoon Hato: At least 12 dead in Macau and Hong Kong

Aug 24, 2017, at 03:51 pm

Victoria, Aug 24 (IBNS): At least 12 people have died in Hong Kong and Macau after Typhoon Hato battered these areas on Wednesday, reports said.

Powerful typhoon barrels into Hong Kong, forces a closure

Aug 23, 2017, at 07:38 pm

Victoria, Aug 23 (IBNS): A powerful typhoon barrelled into Hong Kong on Wednesday morning, forcing schools and offices to remain shut, while inundated streets and damaged properties remained a common sight, reports said.