Chinese flock to Hong Kong to get private Covid booster shots theguardian.com
@WSJ2 years ago
Chinese authorities are moving to prevent further protests after demonstrations flared across the country against Covid-19 restrictions. See how the the protests have expanded across China and Hong Kong. on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Hong Kong has changed its Covid-19 policy, withdrawing mandatory hotel requirement for visitors. But for many, it’s too little too late. “For Hong Kong’s international credibility, it is shot to pieces,” said one longtime resident. nyti.ms
@guardian3 years ago
Xi Jinping in Covid scare during Hong Kong handover trip theguardian.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Carrie Lam, who led Hong Kong through antigovernment protests and the Covid-19 pandemic, says she won't see another term as chief executive. on.wsj.com
@guardian3 years ago
How Covid helped China tighten its hold on Hong Kong theguardian.com
@guardian3 years ago
Hong Kong Covid crisis: why is the death rate so high? theguardian.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Hong Kong is struggling to get a handle on its worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic, warning that it doesn’t have the testing capacity to carry out the strict strategy handed down by Beijing. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Authorities in Hong Kong said that the city’s hospital mortuaries had filled up so quickly amid a sharp Covid outbreak that body bags were being crammed into wards with patients who were still being treated for the virus. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
“We are losing.” Hong Kong races to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of elderly residents as city’s coronavirus death rate soars. on.wsj.com
@guardian3 years ago
Covid live news: US set to ease mask guidelines; Hong Kong building more isolation facilities theguardian.com
@BBCWorld3 years ago
Hong Kong: What went wrong with its Covid plan? bbc.in
@WSJ2 years ago
Hong Kong removes most of the remaining Covid-19 restrictions that have dimmed its attraction as a place to visit or live on.wsj.com
@WSJ2 years ago
Shares in mainland China and Hong Kong slid on Monday morning, after protests against the country’s zero-tolerance approach to Covid-19 gathered steam on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld3 years ago
Hong Kong cuts Covid hotel quarantine to three days bbc.in
@guardian3 years ago
Veteran actor Kenneth Tsang dies in Hong Kong Covid quarantine hotel theguardian.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
The Covid surge in Hong Kong, and the aid sent from mainland China, has exposed the divide between the city and the rest of the country. Some in Hong Kong have criticized Beijing’s measures, while people on the mainland have seen such attitudes as selfish. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Hong Kong will lift a Covid-related flight ban on nine countries and shorten its hotel quarantine for returning residents nyti.ms
@guardian3 years ago
Here in Hong Kong, Covid has surged and we’ve run out of coffins. Please learn from our mistakes | Ilaria Maria Sala theguardian.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Hong Kong is struggling to get a handle on its worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic, warning that it doesn’t have the testing capacity to carry out the strict strategy handed down by Beijing. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Hong Kong is going through its worst Covid outbreak ever, and deaths are surging. Some residents have panicked, emptying supermarkets and drugstores. But the government’s mixed messaging about whether it will impose a lockdown has also been destabilizing. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Waiting for an ambulance in Hong Kong can take more than a day as the city battles its worst coronavirus outbreak. Health care workers have been faced with soaring demand for their services and hospitals are stretched thin. nyti.ms
@guardian3 years ago
Covid live: Iceland to lift all remaining curbs; Hong Kong calls for medical staff from China as hospitals overwhelmed theguardian.com
@BBCWorld3 years ago
Hong Kong orders compulsory Covid tests for all its citizens bbc.in
@BBCWorld2 years ago
Hong Kong to scrap almost all its Covid rules bbc.in
@WSJ2 years ago
Hong Kong business leaders say lingering Covid-19 restrictions will overshadow events intended to woo executives back to the city on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Connie Wong was a flight attendant for a Hong Kong airline. After Covid brought travel to a halt, she became a funeral planner. Like many Hong Kong residents, her life changed when harsh, constantly evolving virus restrictions upended entire industries. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Hong Kong delivered packages of Covid-19 rapid antigen tests to residents as part of a bid to encourage them to voluntarily test over three days, as the administration scrambles to contain a punishing coronavirus outbreak. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
China has flooded Hong Kong with help in fighting its worst-ever coronavirus outbreak. But rather than bring the city and mainland China closer together, the response has highlighted longstanding divisions. nyti.ms
@BBCWorld3 years ago
'My employer in Hong Kong kicked me out because I caught Covid' bbc.in
@WSJ3 years ago
Morgues overflowing. Crematoria working around the clock. A shortage of coffins. Hong Kong struggles through the world’s highest peak death rates from Covid-19 on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Hong Kong is struggling to get a handle on its worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic, warning that it doesn’t have the testing capacity to carry out the strict strategy handed down by Beijing. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
“We are losing”—Hong Kong races to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of elderly residents as city’s coronavirus death rate soars on.wsj.com
@guardian3 years ago
Hong Kong shops ration food and drugs to curb panic buying amid Covid lockdown fears theguardian.com
@guardian3 years ago
Covid live news: Hong Kong calls for medical staff from China as hospitals are overwhelmed theguardian.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Hong Kong will require its more than seven million residents to undergo coronavirus testing in March. As the territory struggles to contain its worst outbreak, it will expand testing capacity and residents will have to take three tests over a short period. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld2 years ago
“A tsunami of cases is coming no matter if they stick to zero Covid or not,” said Jin Dong-Yan, a virologist at Hong Kong University. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Hong Kong has changed its Covid-19 policy, withdrawing mandatory hotel requirement for visitors. But for many, it’s too little too late. “For Hong Kong’s international credibility, it is shot to pieces,” said one longtime resident. nyti.ms
@guardian3 years ago
Hong Kong to electronically tag Covid patients as it adopts China’s health code system theguardian.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Hong Kong delivered packages of Covid-19 rapid antigen tests to residents as part of a bid to encourage them to voluntarily test over three days, as the administration scrambles to contain a punishing coronavirus outbreak. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Hong Kong is scrambling to import more coffins as it struggles to handle the surge in deaths during the latest Covid wave. More than 90 percent of all the city's deaths linked to the virus since the pandemic started happened in the past 30 days. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
Morgues overflowing. Crematoria working around the clock. A shortage of coffins. Hong Kong struggles through the world’s highest peak death rates from Covid-19 on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Hong Kong could announce changes as soon as Sunday to Covid-19 rules that have isolated the financial center and led to an exodus of expatriate workers on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
As many as 300,000 Hong Kong residents are isolating at home, the city’s leader said on Sunday, as officials scrambled to build mass quarantine centers and treatment facilities to house patients with even the mildest Covid-19 symptoms. nyti.ms
@guardian3 years ago
China builds new bridge to Hong Kong to rush in workers as Covid cases surge theguardian.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Hong Kong is sinking under its worst coronavirus wave, and the brunt is falling upon its most vulnerable: migrants, racial minorities, the working class. nyti.ms
@guardian3 years ago
Hong Kong domestic workers left homeless after being fired for contracting Covid-19 theguardian.com
@guardian3 years ago
Hong Kong to test entire population of 7.5m for Covid in March theguardian.com