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China's top Covid fighter a woman who hit communist party's glass ceiling

Among the resources President Xi has deployed to arrest surging Covid deaths in Hong Kong is a 71-year-old woman whose career at the near-top illuminates the glass ceiling in the most populous country

China tightens controls in Shanghai as more virus cases reported

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam warned the territory's wave of infections may not have peaked despite stringent controls on travel and business

Hong Kong leader plans to reopen city after curbing latest Covid outbreak

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said it was not the time to lift a ban on flights from 9 countries including US and UK, with plans to reopen the city only after the government controls a Covid outbreak

Hong Kong's Covid-19 death rate per million hits highest in world

Hong Kong's COVID-19 death rate per million has hit the highest in the world, with the elderly, many of whom were unvaccinated, becoming the prime victim of infection.

Hong Kong's zero-Covid fight takes mental toll on society: Experts

Infections have surged to record highs with more than 500,000 infections and more than 2,500 deaths most of which have been in the past two weeks.

Hong Kong to focus Covid resources on elderly, strengthen medical treatment

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced measures targeted at elderly residents as surge of Covid-19 cases sweeps through care homes with deaths rapidly climbing among city's unvaccinated seniors

Hong Kong's priority is to cut coronavirus infections, deaths: China

Hong Kong needs to stick to its "dynamic zero" coronavirus strategy, focused on reducing infections, severe illnesses and death, a senior Chinese health official said

Hong Kong reports record Covid cases; movements may be restricted

Hong Kong's leader said people's movements may be restricted during mandatory testing this month of the entire population for the coronavirus, as health officials reported a record 55,353 daily cases

Hong Kong considers lockdown as daily Covid infections top 34,000

Hong Kong reported a record-high 34,466 new infections Monday as deaths continued to climb, with health authorities saying that a lockdown has not been ruled out

Hong Kong home affairs chief removed from office by China's State Council

China's State Council has announced that it has removed Tsui Ying-wai from the post of secretary for home affairs of Hong Kong, local media reported on Monday.

Hong Kong's new Covid-19 cases top 10,000 in spiralling outbreak

Hong Kong on Friday reported another sharp jump in new Covid-19 cases to more than 10,000 in the latest 24-hour period as it battles its worst outbreak of the pandemic.

Hong Kong starts Covid vaccine requirement for restaurants, stores

Hong Kong launched a vaccination requirement to enter shopping malls, restaurants and a host of other places as it battles an expanding omicron outbreak

Hong Kong Covid-19 cases hit record as compulsory testing looms

With the city's testing, treatment and isolation capacity already stretched to the maximum, University of Hong Kong researchers predicted new infections could peak at 180,000 a day next month

Hong Kong offers tax breaks, handouts for Covid relief in 2022-23 budget

Hong Kong will offer tax breaks, handouts and subsidies to small businesses and residents, to mitigate the impact of a new wave of social restrictions to curb Covid infections, said Finance Secretary.

Hong Kong orders mandatory Covid-19 testing for all residents

Hong Kong will test its entire population for Covid-19 in March as the city grapples with its worst outbreak driven by the omicron variant.

Hong Kong detects Covid in samples from packaging of pork, beef imports

Hong Kong authorities said they found Covid in samples taken from the packaging of imports of frozen beef from Brazil and frozen pork skin from Poland, vowing to step up inspections of imported food.

Hong Kong reports more than 6,000 new cases in Covid surge

Hong Kong has tightened travel and business curbs as it tries to contain its latest virus surge

Bigger than Wuhan, Hong Kong outbreak defies China's 'Covid Zero' playbook

Daily cases in the city have surged to more than 6,000 from a little over 100 in less than a month

Hong Kong postpones leader election amid Covid-19 outbreak

Hong Kong will postpone the election of its next leader until May 8 as it grapples with a worsening coronavirus outbreak with thousands of new infections daily

Hong Kong's Covid-19 fight intensifies as cases multiply by 60 times

Hong Kong's coronavirus battle intensified as authorities reported that new cases had multiplied by 60 times so far this month