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Hong Kong coronavirus fourth wave

Hong Kong coronavirus fourth wave
Latest news and updates on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Hong Kong as the city experiences a fourth wave of infections, including social-distancing rules and outbreak clusters.
Pedestrians cross a road in Hong Kong on March 1, 2023 after the end of one of the world’s longest mask mandates. Photo: Bloomberg
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Asian Angle | Why Hong Kong’s ‘political taboos’ shouldn’t hinder independent pandemic inquiry

While Singapore has released a white paper reviewing its response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Hong Kong authorities have been reluctant to follow suit.

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Coronavirus: Fresh Covid-19 wave sweeps Asia

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China doubles down on zero-Covid to confront worst wave since Wuhan

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Guangdong bears brunt of cases flowing from Hong Kong Omicron outbreak

China reports 87 new local cases and 147 imported cases, including 53 imported cases in Guangdong.

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Guangdong province in southern China has recently tightened its pandemic control measures to stop cases coming in from Hong Kong, which is battling an Omicron outbreak. Photo: AP
Banking & finance

Brokers, banks shut outlets as Hong Kong hunkers down for Covid-19

Banks, insurance firms, wealth management firms and stockbrokers have been spared from the city’s draconian social-distancing and shutdown rules, but financial firms said they are not taking any chances.

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Exclusive | How did a Hong Kong start-up get FDA nod for its rapid test kit?

Ricky Chiu Yin-to, who founded Phase Scientific International in 2015 while pursuing a PhD in the US, says he owes the company’s success to its US roots and experience in developing rapid tests.

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Sinovac says three shots of its Covid-19 vaccine can fight Omicron

About 94 per cent of people with a third dose had detectable levels of antibodies, Sinovac says, after HKU study finds none in 25 people on two-dose regimen.

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A high school student receives the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine in Nanjing, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province. Photo: AFP
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Global financial firms pressure Hong Kong to lift quarantine rules

International asset managers and banks urge Financial Secretary Paul Chan to provide a road map of how the city plans to resume normal operations like other financial centres.

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Japan

Hong Kong-Japan ties will survive national security law and Covid-19, Tokyo envoy says

Outgoing Japanese Consul General Mitsuhiro Wada called for an easing of border restrictions in the Greater Bay Area and said Tokyo’s stance is that Hong Kong ‘develops in a democratic and stable manner’.

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Opinion | Coronavirus won’t just go away. Here’s how we can learn to live with it

From a policy perspective, trying to achieve or maintain zero infections is neither tenable nor sustainable. The goal instead should be to drive up the vaccination rate as much and as quickly as possible, writes Donald Low.

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People pictured wearing face masks in Hong Kong last year. Photo: AP
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Letters | What’s the point of Covid-19 rules when so many are exempt?

The list of those exempted from hotel quarantine has thrown up alarming loopholes

Airport staff subject to compulsory testing queue up for Covid testing at a mobile specimen collection station in Terminal 1 of the Hong Kong International Airport on July 13. Photo: Nora Tam
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Explainer | ‘Zero infections’ a tough goal towards Hong Kong target of easing border curbs

Current streak of 41 days without local infections a record, with three cases recently reclassified.

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Hong Kong wants to ease Covid-19 flight bans: top envoy

Authorities are looking at allowing Hong Kong residents, and those with the right to work in the city, to return from countries classified as the highest risk for Covid-19, says consul general.

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Opinion | Hong Kong must step out of the darkness and embrace coronavirus vaccines

Eroding English standards, mistrust of the government and echo chamber chat forums have all contributed to the refusal to get vaccinated. Education and honest information that transcends borders are needed to bring Hong Kong into the light.

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People walk past a pedestrian crossing during lunch hour in the Central district of Hong Kong, on June, 7. Photo: Bloomberg
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Feast or Famine | Why I’m worried about what I’ll eat in hotel quarantine

Some Hong Kong quarantine hotels are making the most of their captive customers, what with the tiny rooms and the unappealing food.

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Most arrivals in Hong Kong must be quarantined in a government approved hotel. Photo: Dickson Lee
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Hong Kong to exempt thousands of financial executives from quarantine

Hong Kong reported no local infections of the Covid-19 last Friday, the 28th consecutive day of zero new cases that prompted the government’s pandemic adviser Professor Yuen Kwok-yung to declare the end of the city’s so-called fourth wave of outbreaks.

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Editorial | Mini travel bubble still the best option

While ‘cruises to nowhere’ and free air tickets are enticing inducements for people to be vaccinated, a mini travel bubble with an approved destination is the best alternative until herd immunity is achieved.

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U-turn for Hongkongers returning from mainland China ‘not forced by outsiders’

Chief Executive Carrie Lam says policy was adjusted only when it became apparent how many ‘Return2HK’ travellers were losing quarantine exemptions.

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The first city residents cross the border under the Return2HK scheme, which allows for quarantine-free travel. Photo: K.Y. Cheng
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Letters | ‘Reward bracelets’ could overcome vaccine hesitancy in Hong Kong

Give those vaccinated bracelets that allow them to move about maskless and enjoy greater privileges in dining and entertainment. More bracelets seen on the healthy would also overcome fears about side effects and put social pressure on the unvaccinated.

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Letters | Hong Kong vaccine sceptics need better information, not celebrities

Rather than rope in celebrities, the authorities should focus on clearing doubts and alleviating worries about the vaccines, and on strictly controlling the border.

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Letters | Carrie Lam’s apology a good start, effective coordination would be better

The government must solve inter-departmental coordination problems as these will increasingly rile the public.

People arrive at the Penny’s Bay quarantine centre on Lantau Island on March 19. Photo: Dickson Lee
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Letters | Rethink quarantine strategy to boost jabs rate in Hong Kong

The authorities should distinguish between those living in the same house as a confirmed case and second-level contacts, allowing the vaccinated among the latter to quarantine at home.

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Residents are evacuated from Block 11 of Carmel Cove, Caribbean Coast, in Tung Chung on April 30 after a woman was found to be carrying a mutated strain of the coronavirus. Photo: Winson Wong
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Can local pop sensation Keung To boost Hong Kong’s vaccination drive?

Government adviser reveals plan to tap star power, while health expert names 22-year-old singer as potential candidate.

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Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong

Letters | Singling out helpers over Covid is pure discrimination

Domestic helpers should be shown respect and gratitude for their service to the community, rather than be treated as the source of our problems.

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Letters | Hong Kong hotel quarantine may pose bigger Covid risk

Let vaccinated Hongkongers serve out their quarantine at home, rather than exposing them to the risk of new Covid-19 variants

Vaccines are no guarantee against catching the virus, especially the new variants, which will spread more quickly in populations with a low vaccination rate. Photo: NurPhoto via Getty Images
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Editorial | Virus measures have to be reviewed in the wake of variant cases

Latest infections point to weaknesses in the defence system of city, which has to remain united and even more vigilant with the easing of social-distancing restrictions.

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The latest infections indicate weaknesses in Hong Kong’s pandemic defence. Photo: Edmond So
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Back from the dead? Hong Kong bars barely coping with rules cocktail

Operators say they are struggling with ‘hastily distributed’ information from authorities and a rushed Covid-19 vaccination app.

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Editorial | Jabs the only clear answer to confusion over Hong Kong ‘vaccine bubble’

It would be easier to get inoculated against Covid-19 than follow the bewildering rules for staff and customers at city businesses hoping to get back to normal.

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