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 — For the first time in almost 1,000 days, the people of Hong Kong were legally allowed to go outside without wearing masks Wednesday. But it might take some getting used to. “It does feel a ...

Li-Meng Yan, a virus researcher who left her family and fled China, transforming into a MAGA-darling that helped spread the ...

As China doubles down on Covid lockdowns, restricting movement for tens of millions of people, a very different scene is unfolding in Hong Kong. The mood in the Chinese-controlled city is perhaps the ...

HONG KONGHONG KONG — Hong Kong announced Thursday it is shelving a COVID-19 measure that has resulted in dozens of canceled flights in recent months and thwarted travel plans for thousands. Starting ...

HONG KONG — Hong Kong will cut the mandatory hotel quarantine for overseas arrivals from a week to three days, the city’s leader said Monday. The southern Chinese city remains one of the few places in ...

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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 ...

Global bank executives’ cool response to Hong Kong’s planned November financial summit speaks to Covid curbs’ threat to the city’s hub status. Economic recovery is distant, partly due to 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 ...

A Chinese virologist is now hiding in the US in fear Beijing wants revenge for her spreading theories that the COVID-19 virus ...

HONG KONG — Hong Kong will reduce the mandatory hotel quarantine for overseas arrivals to three days from a week, the city's leader said Monday. The southern Chinese city remains one of the few places ...