A new wave of COVID-19 cases emerging across parts of Asia, particularly in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Thailand, has raised global alarms. The new wave in Asia is driven by the new coronavirus Omicron ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong reported 5,823 new coronavirus infections on Friday down from 6,646 on Thursday, as daily infections continued a steady decline and authorities began easing some of the ...

A Hong Kong lawmaker who was photographed standing close to Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this week announced Sunday he had tested positive for Covid-19. Steve Ho Chun-Yin said he tested ...

HONG KONG, July 11 (Reuters) - Hong Kong will update an app it uses for COVID-19 tracking to bring it more in line with mainland China, by requiring people to register by name and by adopting a ...

HONG KONG — Hong Kong will lift its mask mandate Wednesday, ending the city’s last major restriction imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The city’s chief executive, John Lee, said masks would no ...

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More than 3,200 people have died in Hong Kong’s current COVID-19 wave. HONG KONG -- As much the rest of the world learns to live with COVID-19, the highly infectious omicron variant has finally broken ...

HONG KONG, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Hong Kong reported 115 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, including 109 locally transmitted, the highest in nearly four months, as authorities battle a renewed wave of ...

About 80,000 tourists are stranded on the Chinese island of Hainan, which local authorities call “the Hawaii of China,” after a surge in Covid-19 cases triggered a lockdown. All flights leaving the ...

Prolific Hong Kong actor Kenneth Tsang was pronounced dead Wednesday after he was found unconscious while quarantined at a hotel in Hong Kong, his talent manager confirmed to the Los Angeles Times. He ...

Large numbers of people have left Hong Kong not only due to political unrest, but also strict COVID-19 policies. Over the past year, more than 100,000 people have left — a record. The exodus includes ...