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Hong Kong: Stay vigilant against winter flu: CHP

Chief Executive John Lee told lawmakers he made the decision based partly on the city’s high vaccination and infection rates, saying the local community has a strong “immunity barrier.” -- aaa

Hong Kong will scrap its mandatory isolation rule for people infected with COVID-19 from Jan. 30 as part of its strategy to return the southern Chinese city to normalcy, the city’s leader said on Thursday. For most of the pandemic over the last three years, Hong Kong has aligned itself with China’s “zero-COVID” strategy, requiring…

HONG KONG (AP) – Hong Kong will scrap its mandatory isolation rule for people infected with COVID-19 from January 30 as part of its strategy to return the southern Chinese city to normalcy, the city’s leader said yesterday. For most of the pandemic over the last three years, Hong Kong has required those who tested […]

The numbers come as Shanghai emerges from Chinas biggest citywide lockdown since the beginning of the COVID pandemic.

Hong Kong reported its first monkeypox case, diagnosed in a 30-year-old man who reported symptoms while in hotel quarantine after flying into the city, the health department said. The patient, who had recently visited a number of countries including Canada and the US, traveled to Hong Kong from th

The Special Administrative Regions first case was reported on September 6.

Hong Kong reported its first monkeypox case, diagnosed in a 30 year old man who reported symptoms while in hotel quarantine after flying into the city...

The patient travelled to Hong Kong from the Philippines on Sept 5. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The patient, who arrived in Hong Kong on Monday, was hospitalized after saying he felt unwell Hong Kong has recorded its first case of monkeypox. The case is a 30-year-old man, who was in quarantine in a hotel after arriving in the territory, and who showed symptoms of the disease, health officials said on Tuesday. The patient, who arrived in Hong Kong on Monday, was hospitalized after saying he felt unwell, said one of those officials, Edwin Tsui. He had no contact with the local populat