Tag: Hong Kong
Hong Kong: all passenger flights from UK banned to curb coronavirus – Britain deemed “extremely high-risk”
Hong Kong will ban all passenger flights from the United Kingdom from Thursday (Jul 1) to curb the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19, the government said on Monday. More...
China: Government documents show first coronavirus case was found November 17th 2019
The first case of someone in China suffering from Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, can be traced back to November 17th [2019], according to government data seen by the South China Morning Post. More...
Hong Kong: 51 coronavirus infections on single flight from India
A genetic study of viral samples from infected passengers on a flight into Hong Kong later found to have a record number of Covid-19 cases will be undertaken to determine whether in-flight transmission or quarantine facilities were to blame, with implications on tighter protocols required to contain such spikes. More...
Hong Kong: coronavirus transmission linked to quarantine hotel door hooks used for meal deliveries
Hong Kong’s first community infection of a mutant Covid-19 strain involved the South African variant, officials revealed on Tuesday, with transmission likely to have taken place at a quarantine hotel via door hooks used by staff to deliver meal boxes to guests. More...
50 people ordered to leave housing block in Hong Kong after pipes at infected woman’s flat suspected of transmitting coronavirus to families below
Health authorities on Friday partially evacuated a public housing block in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, after four residents tested positive for Covid-19, and an expert determined that the virus likely was transmitted via the building’s pipes. More...
Hong Kong, Macau suspend Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine over ‘flawed’ vials
Hong Kong and Macau suspended the use of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday (Mar 24 2021) after being informed of a packaging problem affecting one batch of vials, while stressing they did not believe there was a safety risk. More...
Hong Kong parents outraged at decision to quarantine pre-school kids with coronavirus positive classmates
“We were never told when we put our children back into school that they will go to a quarantine centre if one of their classmates tested positive,” says one mother
The parents of children from an affluent international preschool criticised what they characterised as the inconsiderate decision by authorities to send their children to quarantine camps, as Hong Kong recorded 10 new coronavirus cases
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Two more dead in Hong Kong after getting Sinovac coronavirus vaccine
Two more people have died after getting the Sinovac Covid-19 jab, Hong Kong health authorities revealed on Saturday night
In total, six people have died locally after receiving the [Chinese] mainland-made Sinovac shots, although experts concluded there were no direct links to the jabs in the first two deaths and they were still looking into the other cases. More...
69yr old man in Hong Kong suffers facial paralysis following Sinovac coronavirus vaccination
Hong Kong reported its first case of a patient experiencing facial paralysis after being vaccinated for Covid-19 last week. More...