HK seniors undergo 'quarantine in reverse'
2 years, 8 months ago

HK seniors undergo 'quarantine in reverse'

China Daily  

Residents watch television in the lobby at Pleasure Lodge. Hong Kong Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Law Chi-kwong, said vaccinations for the elderly in the city's 1,100 nursing homes and homes for the disabled made little headway, as only 22 percent of such residents received COVID-19 jabs after six months of efforts to boost inoculation before the fifth wave hit the city. As of April 6, more than 6.5 million of those aged 3 and older in the city had received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination, with nearly 2.9 million residents being given three jabs. The government strived to bolster the vaccination rate, aiming for more than 90 percent of residents who are 12 or older to receive at least two COVID-19 jabs by the end of last month. In a new initiative to boost the inoculation rate among the elderly, the city's Secretary for the Civil Service, Patrick Nip Tak-kuen, who is responsible for vaccination services, said on March 28 that the government would set up a registration website to provide such services door-to-door in an attempt to contact every resident.

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As schools are set to resume face-to-face classes in Hong Kong, mainland Chinese students face adjustment problems
1 year, 11 months ago

As schools are set to resume face-to-face classes in Hong Kong, mainland Chinese students face adjustment problems

Firstpost  

Parents and teachers have called for a range of support services for children who may face adjustment problems New Delhi: Thousands of children who live in mainland China and attend Hong Kong schools will return to their campuses for the first time in three years, parents and teachers of students said. According to a report in the South China Morning …

Hong Kong to scrap isolation rule for new COVID-19 cases
1 year, 11 months ago

Hong Kong to scrap isolation rule for new COVID-19 cases

Firstpost  

For most of the pandemic, Hong Kong has aligned itself with China’s zero-COVID strategy, requiring those who tested positive to undergo quarantine. Many residents once had to be sent to hospitals or government-run quarantine facilities even when their symptoms were mild Hong Kong: Hong Kong will scrap its mandatory isolation rule for people infected with COVID-19 from 30 January as …

Hong Kong Scraps Vaccine Pass, COVID-19 Tests for Travellers
2 years ago

Hong Kong Scraps Vaccine Pass, COVID-19 Tests for Travellers

News 18  

Hong Kong will scrap some of its COVID-19 restrictions, including PCR tests for inbound travellers and vaccination requirements to enter certain venues, the city’s leader said on Wednesday. For most of the pandemic, Hong Kong has aligned itself with China’s “zero-COVID” strategy, requiring stringent COVID-19 tests and isolation for close contacts of infected cases as well as for incoming travellers. …

Hong Kong scraps vaccine pass, COVID-19 tests for travelers
2 years ago

Hong Kong scraps vaccine pass, COVID-19 tests for travelers

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong will scrap some of its COVID-19 restrictions, including PCR tests for inbound travelers and vaccination requirements to enter certain venues, the city’s leader said Wednesday. For most of the pandemic, Hong Kong has aligned itself with China’s “zero-COVID” strategy, requiring stringent COVID-19 tests and isolation for close contacts of infected cases as well as for …

‘A very, very hard road ahead’: COVID cases spiral in China as restrictions ease
2 years ago

‘A very, very hard road ahead’: COVID cases spiral in China as restrictions ease

LA Times  

Nearly three years after it was first identified in China, the coronavirus is now spreading through the vast country. Nearly 11,000 people died of the illness this year in the city of 7.4 million, with 95% of them older than 60, according to Hong Kong’s department of health. A study conducted in Hong Kong, which has administered both an mRNA …

Hong Kong extends vaccine passes to kids as young as five
2 years, 4 months ago

Hong Kong extends vaccine passes to kids as young as five

Hindustan Times  

Hong Kong will include children aged five and above in its COVID-19 vaccine pass scheme from the end of September, the government said on Thursday, as authorities try to boost inoculation levels there. From Sept 30, children aged 5 to 11 will be required to have one vaccine shot, and two doses by Nov 30, the government said, adding that …

Infections decline, restrictions remain
2 years, 7 months ago

Infections decline, restrictions remain

China Daily  

An elderly resident is inoculated at a vaccination site at Yongdinglu Sub-district of Haidian district in Beijing, China, March 14, 2021. The domestic COVID-19 epidemic is trending steadily downward, with the number of new daily infections dropping to under 600, a health official said on Friday. Lei Zhenglong, deputy director of the National Health Commission's Bureau of Disease Prevention and …

HK gets boost in fighting outbreak as central govt offers needed beds
2 years, 8 months ago

HK gets boost in fighting outbreak as central govt offers needed beds

China Daily  

Citizens wearing face masks line up for nucleic acid test at a testing site in South China's Hong Kong, April 14, 2022. The first phase of the hospital was handed over to Hong Kong on April 7, offering 500 beds in negative pressure wards－including 32 intensive care unit beds, and two operating theaters. Wang Hong, chairman of China Construction Science …

HK seniors undergo 'quarantine in reverse'
2 years, 8 months ago

HK seniors undergo 'quarantine in reverse'

China Daily  

Silver lining The pandemic has also brought people closer. The fifth wave has caught numerous businesses, especially homes for the elderly, off guard, leaving them short of anti-pandemic items such as face masks, rapid antigen testing kits, oximeters and disinfectant. Tseung, the Pleasure Lodge chief financial officer, said giving rapid antigen tests to every resident and staff member at nursing …

HK seniors undergo 'quarantine in reverse'
2 years, 8 months ago

HK seniors undergo 'quarantine in reverse'

China Daily  

Seniors take a rehab bus to Pleasure Lodge. Closed-loop system To provide another level of safety, all 15 staff members at Pleasure Lodge are subject to a closed-loop management system, which denies them contact with the outside world. About a week after Pleasure Lodge started to accept healthy arrivals, a caregiver tested positive for COVID-19－the first infected employee at the …

HK seniors undergo 'quarantine in reverse'
2 years, 8 months ago

HK seniors undergo 'quarantine in reverse'

China Daily  

The nursing station at Pleasure Lodge. Patients due to be admitted to these facilities first undergo home quarantine, during which they can seek medical services at the city's designated COVID-19 clinics. On March 29, a seven-member team of TCM experts arrived in Hong Kong from the mainland, joining 20 such practitioners from across the border who arrived earlier to treat …

Data | From zero-COVID to spiraling deaths: What went wrong in Hong Kong?
2 years, 9 months ago

Data | From zero-COVID to spiraling deaths: What went wrong in Hong Kong?

The Hindu  

In the recent Omicron wave, Hong Kong recorded more than 35 COVID-19 deaths per million population every day for at least a week. Click to remove AMP mode Hong Kong’s cases Hong Kong’s zero COVID strategy had insulated it from the outbreak for two years as daily cases recorded stood at less than 1 per million. Vaccination share The chart …

Hong Kong to lift ban on flights from nine countries
2 years, 9 months ago

Hong Kong to lift ban on flights from nine countries

The Hindu  

Hong Kong will resume international flights from the United States, Britain and seven other countries, the government said on Monday as it announced a loosening of some of the world's toughest COVID-19 restrictions. On Monday, Ms. Lam said Hong Kong will lift flight bans for the nine countries from April 1. Hong Kong, known as "Asia's World City", has seen …

Hong Kong's Covid infections exceed 1 million amid outbreak
2 years, 9 months ago

Hong Kong's Covid infections exceed 1 million amid outbreak

India Today  

Hong Kong's cumulative coronavirus infections have exceeded 1 million as the city grapples with a widespread outbreak that has killed more people than the reported Covid-19 deaths in all of mainland China. The total number of deaths in Hong Kong 5,401 has exceeded the 4,636 fatalities recorded in mainland China. For most of the pandemic, Hong Kong was able to …

Hong Kong's COVID-19 infections exceed one million amid outbreak
2 years, 9 months ago

Hong Kong's COVID-19 infections exceed one million amid outbreak

The Hindu  

Hong Kong’s cumulative coronavirus infections have exceeded one million as the city grapples with a widespread outbreak that has killed more people than the reported COVID-19 deaths in all of mainland China. The total number of deaths in Hong Kong — 5,401 — has exceeded the 4,636 fatalities recorded in mainland China. For most of the pandemic, Hong Kong was …

‘It’s a nightmare’: Hong Kong runs low on coffins as Omicron exacts deadly toll
2 years, 9 months ago

‘It’s a nightmare’: Hong Kong runs low on coffins as Omicron exacts deadly toll

LA Times  

The repurposed AsiaWorld-Expo center in Hong Kong echoes with the moans of elderly COVID-19 patients. It’s really shocking.” The nurse, exhausted by having to care for more than 150 patients with one other co-worker, declined to give her last name because staffers were ordered not to speak to the press about the conditions at the site, which have come to …

Public, private efforts count in HK pandemic fight
2 years, 9 months ago

Public, private efforts count in HK pandemic fight

China Daily  

Kelvin Wong Kiu-fung poses for a photo with two other medical workers at the Hospital Authority Community Treatment Facility at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong. CHINA DAILY Editor's Note: When the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic struck Hong Kong, many young people braved the outbreak on the front line in their own ways. It was a day off for young …

In ‘zero COVID’ Hong Kong, deaths smash global records
2 years, 10 months ago

In ‘zero COVID’ Hong Kong, deaths smash global records

Al Jazeera  

Hong Kong, China – The Hong Kong nursing home where Amy’s 78-year-old mother lives battened down the hatches when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. “If 80 percent of its residents can be infected, then no other nursing home in Hong Kong can remain unscathed.” As Hong Kong reports tens of thousands of coronavirus cases each day, the city’s large population of …

AP PHOTOS: Scenes from Hong Kong’s COVID-19 crisis
2 years, 10 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Scenes from Hong Kong’s COVID-19 crisis

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — The fast-spreading omicron variant is overwhelming Hong Kong, prompting mass testing, quarantines, supermarket panic-buying and a shortage of hospital beds. As the global death toll from the coronavirus topped 6 million this week, the semi-autonomous Chinese city has been recording about 150 deaths per day, giving it the world’s highest death rate per 1 million people, according …

Hong Kong's success in fending off COVID comes back to haunt
2 years, 10 months ago

Hong Kong's success in fending off COVID comes back to haunt

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy For two years, Hong Kong …

AP PHOTOS: Inflatable labs in Hong Kong for mass COVID tests
2 years, 10 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Inflatable labs in Hong Kong for mass COVID tests

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong has ramped up its testing capacity with the help of inflatable mobile laboratories, as the city grapples with tens of thousands of COVID-19 cases daily. It’s part of a “zero-tolerance” COVID-19 strategy enforced in China, and one that Beijing had pressed upon Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous territory that’s been struggling to contain a surge driven …

Hong Kong, with record 55,000 cases, plans for mass testing
2 years, 10 months ago

Hong Kong, with record 55,000 cases, plans for mass testing

The Hindu  

Hong Kong on Wednesday reported a record high of more than 55,000 COVID-19 cases, as the authorities in the Chinese Special Administrative Region began firming up plans for “compulsory universal testing” for every one of its more than 7 million residents. The surge in Omicron cases from early January has overwhelmed Hong Kong’s health infrastructure and the “zero COVID” policy …

Hong Kong’s success in fending off COVID comes back to haunt
2 years, 10 months ago

Hong Kong’s success in fending off COVID comes back to haunt

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — For two years, Hong Kong successfully insulated most of its residents from COVID-19 and often went months without a single locally spread case. The fast-spreading mutation breached Hong Kong’s defenses and has been spreading rapidly through one of the world’s most densely populated places, overflowing hospitals and isolation wards and prompting measures to test the entire 7.4 …

Hong Kong's new Covid cases top 10,000 in spiralling outbreak
2 years, 10 months ago

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

India Today  

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. The new daily case count reached 10,010, health officials said, after topping 6,000 last week and 8,000 earlier this week in a spiralling outbreak. The government has announced plans to …

Hong Kong turns to emergency powers for China help in COVID surge
2 years, 10 months ago

Hong Kong turns to emergency powers for China help in COVID surge

Al Jazeera  

Authorities say ‘dire epidemic situation’ behind move as territory struggles to contain wave of Omicron cases. Hong Kong has invoked emergency powers so that doctors and nurses from mainland China can join its efforts to fight what it said was a “dire epidemic situation” as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus sweeps across the densely-populated territory. “Hong Kong is now …

Hong Kong orders mandatory COVID-19 tests for all residents
2 years, 10 months ago

Hong Kong orders mandatory COVID-19 tests for all residents

The Hindu  

Hong Kong will test its entire population of 7.5 million people for COVID-19 in March, the city's leader said Tuesday, as it grapples with its worst outbreak driven by the omicron variant. Hong Kong has largely aligned itself with mainland China's “zero-COVID-19” policy, which aims to totally stamp out outbreaks, even as many other countries are shifting their approach to …

Hong Kong orders mandatory COVID-19 tests for all residents
2 years, 10 months ago

Hong Kong orders mandatory COVID-19 tests for all residents

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong will test its entire population of 7.5 million people for COVID-19 in March, the city’s leader said Tuesday, as it grapples with its worst outbreak driven by the omicron variant. Hong Kong has largely aligned itself with mainland China’s “zero-COVID-19” policy, which aims to totally stamp out outbreaks, even as many other countries are shifting …

Hong Kong to test entire population for Covid in March as cases surge
2 years, 10 months ago

Hong Kong to test entire population for Covid in March as cases surge

India TV News  

Hong Kong will test its entire population for COVID-19 in March, the city's leader said Tuesday, as the city grapples with its worst outbreak driven by the omicron variant. The population will be tested three times in March, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said in a news conference Tuesday. Hong Kong has reported about 5,000 new daily infections since Feb …

Hong Kong parents race to vaccinate young children as Covid surges
2 years, 10 months ago

Hong Kong parents race to vaccinate young children as Covid surges

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hong Kong parents rushed children …

Hong Kong hospitals hit 90% capacity as COVID-19 cases surge
2 years, 10 months ago

Hong Kong hospitals hit 90% capacity as COVID-19 cases surge

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s hospitals reached 90% capacity on Thursday and quarantine facilities were at their limit, authorities said, as the city struggles to snuff out a record number of new COVID-19 cases by adhering to China’s “zero tolerance” strategy. The aim is to make sure Hong Kong people’s lives and health are protected and to uphold Hong Kong’s …

China's Xi: Control of Hong Kong surge is 'overriding task'
2 years, 10 months ago

China's Xi: Control of Hong Kong surge is 'overriding task'

The Hindu  

With Hong Kong continuing to report thousands of new COVID-19 cases that have overwhelmed its hospitals, Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the Hong Kong government “to take all necessary measures” to bring the outbreak under control. Last week saw Hong Kong’s first COVID-19 related death in more than six months, and the current wave has claimed 22 lives. …

Hong Kong to vaccinate 3-year-olds amid new COVID-19 surge
2 years, 10 months ago

Hong Kong to vaccinate 3-year-olds amid new COVID-19 surge

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong plans to offer COVID-19 vaccines to children as young as 3 as infections rage through the semi-autonomous Chinese city. Hong Kong schools extended a suspension of in-class teaching for two weeks to March 6, The wave blamed on the omicron variant has already prompted new restrictions limiting in-person gatherings to no more than two households. …

Hong Kong to vaccinate 3-year-olds amid new coronavirus surge
2 years, 10 months ago

Hong Kong to vaccinate 3-year-olds amid new coronavirus surge

LA Times  

Hong Kong plans to offer COVID-19 vaccines to children as young as 3 as infections rage through the city. With a population of about 7.5 million, Hong Kong currently has more than 7,000 people being treated for COVID-19 or awaiting admission to hospitals. Hong Kong has adopted mainland China’s zero-tolerance approach to dealing with the pandemic, which requires quarantines, mask …

Hong Kong reports record COVID-19 cases, tightens measures
2 years, 10 months ago

Hong Kong reports record COVID-19 cases, tightens measures

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong on Saturday reported its daily record of confirmed COVID-19 cases, at 1,514. Hong Kong imposed new restriction this week, limiting in-person gatherings to no more than two households. Beijing officials and Chinese state media warned Hong Kong against loosening any of the measures, saying that adopting a “living with the virus” policy would overwhelm its …

Hong Kong ramps up COVID-19 testing amid outbreak
2 years, 11 months ago

Hong Kong ramps up COVID-19 testing amid outbreak

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hong Kong s leader on …

Singapore says 30 per cent Covid-19 deaths in 2021 were fully vaccinated
2 years, 11 months ago

Singapore says 30 per cent Covid-19 deaths in 2021 were fully vaccinated

Live Mint  

Fully vaccinated individuals accounted for 30 per cent of Singapore’s total Covid-19 related deaths last year, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said in Parliament on Monday. Although the unvaccinated represents a "small proportion" of Singapore's population, those deaths accounted for 70 per cent of the total Covid-19 deaths last year, Ong said. "We are especially happy to see that amongst …

One of 2 COVID cases at Hong Kong party was false positive
3 years ago

One of 2 COVID cases at Hong Kong party was false positive

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy One of two people who …

Hong Kong on alert over two cases of new COVID-19 variant
3 years, 1 month ago

Hong Kong on alert over two cases of new COVID-19 variant

The Hindu  

Two cases of the B.1.1.529 coronavirus variant have been reported in Hong Kong, with the new strain spreading from a traveller from South Africa who was undergoing quarantine to a person occupying the room across from him in a hotel where they were both in isolation. Hong Kong’s Department of Health said genome sequencing revealed that the first patient had …

Hong Kong to tighten COVID-19 rules, hopes China reopens
3 years, 2 months ago

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

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong will tighten COVID-19 restrictions despite a lack of local outbreaks to better align with China’s policies and increase chances of quarantine-free travel between the territory and mainland, leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday. Conversely, those who travel to the mainland from Hong Kong are still required to serve 14 days of quarantine in designated hotels, followed …

Hong Kong’s ‘zero Covid’ strategy frustrates travel-starved residents
3 years, 4 months ago

Hong Kong’s ‘zero Covid’ strategy frustrates travel-starved residents

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Before the pandemic, Hongkongers were among the most well-traveled people on Earth. Singapore’s plans to move away from a “Zero Covid” strategy – which is crucial for Hong Kong’s desired bubble with mainland China – also influenced the decision, according to the Straits Times. We would probably be thinking about leaving if we didn’t have so …

Hong Kong eases entry rules for vaccinated residents, tourists
3 years, 5 months ago

Hong Kong eases entry rules for vaccinated residents, tourists

Live Mint  

Hong Kong will allow vaccinated tourists from all but 10 places in the world to enter the city from August 9, in a significant easing of some of the tightest border curbs in the world. Visitors and residents from medium-risk places will be asked to spend seven days in hotel quarantine upon entry and they must possess a positive antibody …

Over 1m people get COVID-19 vaccine in Hong Kong
3 years, 8 months ago

Over 1m people get COVID-19 vaccine in Hong Kong

China Daily  

A resident gives a thumbs up at the waiting area of a Community Vaccination Center set up in the Exhibition Gallery of the Hong Kong Central Library, on Feb 23, 2021. HONG KONG - More than 1 million people have taken at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine in Hong Kong since the vaccine rollout started more than two …

Infants among hundreds in Hong Kong quarantine as outbreak grows
3 years, 9 months ago

Infants among hundreds in Hong Kong quarantine as outbreak grows

Live Mint  

Hong Kong sent hundreds of people, including a playgroup of infants, into quarantine and ordered compulsory testing at 150 locations as it tried to contain a coronavirus outbreak that began in a gym in the city center last week. “There are also secondary transmissions at schools and workplaces, we will closely monitor.” Offices housing UBS Group AG, Chanel Hong Kong, …

Hong Kong launches mass COVID-19 vaccination
3 years, 10 months ago

Hong Kong launches mass COVID-19 vaccination

China Daily  

A woman registers using a health app before she enters a sports center to receive the Sinovac COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong, on Friday, Feb 26, 2021. ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP HONG KONG - Hong Kong started the COVID-19 vaccine rollout on Friday for priority groups, including medical workers and the aged, a week after the arrival of the …

Amid Fears of 3rd Wave of Coronavirus, Hong Kong to Curb Sea and Flight Crew Changes from July 29
4 years, 5 months ago

Amid Fears of 3rd Wave of Coronavirus, Hong Kong to Curb Sea and Flight Crew Changes from July 29

News 18  

Hong Kong: Hong Kong will stop most ships from changing crews in the territory from Wednesday to cut back on quarantine exemptions blamed for causing a third wave of coronavirus cases. After seemingly ending local transmissions for weeks, new infections have hit triple figures on a daily basis in the densely packed finance hub — sparking fears the new outbreak …

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