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Coronavirus pandemic: All stories

Covid-19 antiviral pills prescribed by public doctors – Paxlovid and Molnupiravir – were found to be available for sale for as much as HK$5,000 in an online marketplace. Photo: Reuters

Editorial | Sale of prescribed drugs risks Hong Kong safety

It is incumbent on authorities to ensure that medication dispensed by public hospitals does not end up on the market.

It is incumbent on authorities to ensure that medication dispensed by public hospitals does not end up on the market

24 Aug 2024 - 6:30AM

Asian-Americans see Kamala Harris’ nomination as their time to shine

28 Aug 2024 - 3:57AMvideocam

WHO official says Mpox is not the new Covid-19

20 Aug 2024 - 7:22PM

US House opens China-ties probe of Democratic VP candidate Walz

Republican chair writes to FBI chief and cites Minnesota governor’s ‘cosy relationship’ with Beijing and ‘devotion to the CCP’.

17 Aug 2024 - 6:47AMvideocam

A sign bearing the images of US Vice-President Kamala Harris and her running mate on the 2024 Democratic Party ticket, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, in Chicago, Illinois, on Friday. Photo: Reuters

Jia Bei Zhu, owner of secret Chinese-run California lab, faces new US charges

He and his partner Zhaoyan Wang were linked to a scheme to import Covid-19 test kits from China while pretending they were made in the US.

16 Aug 2024 - 6:25AM

Brazil election sees China-born candidate aspiring to historic win

Zhejiang province native who has logged a quarter century of community work in Sao Paulo scored endorsement from country’s vice-president.

16 Aug 2024 - 2:35AMvideocam

Influx of mainland Chinese and talent offset emigration wave in Hong Kong

Midyear population stands at 7,531,800, down by 0.1 per cent from 12 months ago, latest census shows.

15 Aug 2024 - 10:46PM

Hong Kong’s population still grew compared with the figure at the end of 2023 and the latest number was the second-highest yet. Photo: Eugene Lee

It is time for Hongkongers to consider another Covid booster

There has been a worrying series of outbreaks in care homes and hospitals, prompting calls for high-risk groups to update vaccination jabs.

14 Aug 2024 - 6:30AM

Airfares for long-haul flights from Hong Kong to remain on ‘high side’ for now

But airfares to short-haul destinations such as Southeast Asia are back to pre-pandemic levels.

10 Aug 2024 - 5:20PM

Site of temporary Hong Kong Covid hospital to be used for AsiaWorld-Expo phase 2

Prefabricated isolation wards and equipment from North Lantau Hospital Hong Kong Infection Control Centre will be used elsewhere, government says.

9 Aug 2024 - 8:23PM

The North Lantau Hospital Hong Kong Infection Control Centre was built in 2021 with the help of the central government. Photo: Sam Tsang

US Democrats drove ‘natural enemies’ China and Russia together: Trump

2024 Republican presidential nominee also suggests he would ‘get along great’ with Chinese leader Xi Jinping if he wins back White House.

9 Aug 2024 - 6:19AMvideocam

Former US president Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on Thursday. Photo: Getty Images via AFP

Hong Kong to stop offering Sinovac Covid jabs when stocks expire in October

Authorities say they expect new jab targeting prevalent JN.1 variant will be available by the end of the year.

9 Aug 2024 - 1:31AM

China must focus on human development over infrastructure: population expert

With return on infrastructure investment falling rapidly, public spending could be prioritised in areas with higher social returns.

9 Aug 2024 - 12:42AM

Editorial | At last, a refreshing new air safety video, from Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific

Cathay’s latest production features the usual instructions against a colourful backdrop of the things that make Hong Kong great.

8 Aug 2024 - 6:15AM

Cathay Pacific Airways’ new inflight safety video interweaves protocols with cultural landscapes. Photo: Cathay Pacific

Travellers from India, those transiting via China, help Dubai set airport record

Dubai International Airport saw a record 44.9 million travellers pass through its terminals in the first half of this year.

7 Aug 2024 - 7:43PM

Australian state orders public servants ‘be physically present’, stop remote work

The New South Wales government’s decision marks a reversal of remote working arrangements introduced as the coronavirus spread.

6 Aug 2024 - 7:19PM

How Hong Kong’s depressed Gen Z could benefit from talking about emotions

With Hong Kong’s alarming rates of depression among young people, experts explain what’s fuelling the problem, and why verbalising emotions in therapy or just to family and friends, is important.

15 Aug 2024 - 5:17PM

Hong Kong appetite for dining out continues to fall, restaurant figures show

Restaurant sector sales receipts for second quarter of year show a 2.1 per cent drop in business to HK$26.9 billion.

3 Aug 2024 - 3:38PM

Hong Kong restaurant receipts have dropped for the third month in a row as visitors and residents lack of appetite for dining out continues. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Opinion | Alliances like Nato out of touch with world in need of human security

In an era where climate change, food and energy security and poverty top the agenda, military-focused alliances are not fit for purpose.

1 Aug 2024 - 5:54AMvideocam

Heart failure, not Covid vaccine to blame for woman’s death in Singapore: coroner

In his report, Coroner Christopher Goh noted that Chan Yoke Chew, who died a day after taking her first Covid shot, had a known history of diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease.

30 Jul 2024 - 4:10PM

Excess deaths in Australia reveal Covid-19’s long, lethal tail

Australians are still dying at higher rates than before the pandemic, reflecting how Covid-19’s lingering effects may be driving a sustained increase in death and disease around the globe.

29 Jul 2024 - 10:44AM

Covid-19 will continue to have an impact for some years to come. File photo: Shutterstock

As Chinese students re-embrace study tourism, is US still on their radar?

Despite a broad decline in Chinese family assets, overseas study tours have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, but the destination landscape has changed.

29 Jul 2024 - 10:20AMvideocam

Chinese families are again embracing study tours for children, but the destination landscape has changed. Photo: Shutterstock

Stiff competition for new Hong Kong volunteer tourist adviser roles

Almost 10 applicants for every one volunteer tourism adviser post as record 440 people apply for roles.

28 Jul 2024 - 10:05PM

Editorial | Still some way to go as Hong Kong tourism recovers

Hong Kong visitor numbers may be up, but they are well below pre-pandemic lFevels with arrivals also spending fewer days in the city.

27 Jul 2024 - 6:00AM

Hong Kong’s longest flu season comes to an end after more than 6 months

Centre for Health Protection confirms that flu season, which started in mid-January, had reached its end, but warned Covid-19 infections had increased.

25 Jul 2024 - 9:41PM

A young girl gets a nasal spray flu vaccine instead of a jab earlier this year. Photo: Yik Yeung-man

Sri Lanka apologises to Muslims for forced Covid cremations against WHO advice

Sri Lanka’s entire Muslim community – around 10 per cent of the 22 million population – was still traumatised, representatives said.

24 Jul 2024 - 10:36AM

Funeral pyres of Covid victims at a New Delhi crematorium in 2021. India’s majority Hindus are typically cremated, as are Sri Lanka’s Buddhists. Photo: Xinhua

New, highly contagious Covid variant is fuelling Japan’s 11th wave of infections

The country reported a 39 per cent week-on-week surge in infections from July 1 to 7, with Okinawa the hardest hit.

19 Jul 2024 - 9:35AM

Obama tells allies Biden needs to reconsider his re-election bid: US reports

Top Democrats are upping the pressure on the US president to step aside, as a Covid episode hampers his ability to campaign against Trump.

19 Jul 2024 - 1:40AMvideocam

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Coronavirus pandemic: All stories

An outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China. It has since spread across the world and the World Health Organisation has declared a global pandemic. Seeking to distinguish the virus from the disease it causes, the virus has been named SARS-CoV-2 and the disease Covid-19.

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24 August, 2024