15 ICU nurses called sick leave, Eastern Hospital said
1 year agoAt about 10.30 tonight, someone in Block K of Telford Garden was taken to an ambulance, and the ambulance personnel present were wearing a full set of protective clothing.
1 year agoPostal services in HongKong will be suspended until at least February 2
1 year ago3 explosives found in 2 days, police say someone has admitted responsibility to seal the customs
1 year agoCarrie Lam announces suspension of Hong Kong train services (including high-speed rail) connecting mainland China to stop spread of coronavirus. Main ports – Lo Wu, Lok Ma Chau & Shenzhen Bay – remain open.
Govt confirmed there are "sizeable" amount of Hubei residents in HK, and will contact them hospitals. Meanwhile, govt will liaise with central govt on how to arrange some 200 HKers in Hubei
CarrieLam: HK gov has received 107 requests for help from 200 HKers in Wuhan. None of them is student. HK gov is communicating with Beijing for a "safe and feasible plan" of evacuation
China will stop individual travelers to Hong Kong to curb novel coronavirus spread, Chief Executive Carrie Lam says
CarrieLam: all HKers in mainland China are urged to come back and all HKers in town are urged not to go to any places affected by nCov2019. HKers return from affected areas are recommended to carry out self-quarantine for 14 days
1 year agoA masked #carrielam on more measures against #coronavirus outbreak: 1. with central govt approval's - suspension of personal travel permits for mainland residents to hk 2. reduce traffic between hk and mainland: high speed rail service suspended / halfing mainland flights
HongKong's pro-Beijing DAB Party said the city "must consider" closing its borders amid the Wuhan coronavirus, after a meeting with Carrie Lam. This comes as Lam is scheduled to hold a presser alongside the sec for security and head of immigration at 4:30pm
Explosive device found at Shenzhen border point, after suspected bomb destroys another toilet
All HongKong public sports centres, libraries, and museums will be closed from today due to the Wuhan coronavirus, the gov't announced overnight
The Department of Health requires Hong Kong people who have been to Hubei to declare to the Port Health Department
A reporter from NBC said a police officer grabbed her breast at a protest on Sunday. When she asked other officers at the scene to give his id number she was pepper sprayed in the face
1 year agoHong Kong, as an intl transport hub, is particularly vulnerable to epidemics. The city's flagship airline @cathaypacific has confirmed in an internal email that a passenger who flew from Hong Kong to Los Angeles on Jan 20 has been infected by the #WuhanCoronovirus
1 year agoAs of noon in HongKong, 110 patients remained in isolation with 104 in a stable condition. 69 patients were admitted in the preceding 24-hours to undergo further testing
One reliable source has told that dozens of people from Hubei have been denied entry after arriving at the Hong Kong airport, but no airline and shipper is willing to transport them back to Hubei. The restricted area has created a vacuum for Hubei travellers
1 year agoJust landed in Milan from Hong Kong and every passenger is having their temperatures checked and providing contact details #WuhanCoronavirus
1 year agoGabriel Leung, dean of HKU's medical school on CoronavirusOutbreak: basic reproductive number - secondary cases generated by an index infected case - is 2.13. According to best estimate, case count doubles every six days, in the absence of any public health intervention
The device exploded in a toilet cubicle at the Caritas Medical Centre at about 2.30 a.m. local time, police said in a statement. The motive for the hospital explosion was not known
A suspected small-scale homemade bomb exploded at a general hospital in Hong Kong on Monday, causing the temporary evacuation of some patients but no injuries, police said
The number of confirmed cases of new coronavirus in Hong Kong has increased to eight. One of the new cases has been to Wuhan and entered Hong Kong via the Luohu Port
Police said that a mob destroyed traffic lights at Huaming Road in Fanling at night and threw petrol bombs in Huiming Village, so they arrested 11 people
1 year agoPolice fired pepper rounds at bystanders on Shantung St
1 year agoClashes have taken place in Mong Kok for the second night in a row. Photo: Stand News
1 year agoHong Kong Police points pepper spray to reporters warning not to get closer while police taking youngster away
GovHK will also close "all children's playrooms in the indoor sports centres, the Toy Library & the Children's Multimedia Room of the HK Central Library, the Children's Discovery Gallery of the HK Heritage Museum, & the Children Gallery of HK Science Museum until further notice."
1 year agoLive in MongKok, riot police search & catch youngsters (again)
1 year agoProtest: in Mong Kok on the 2nd day of LunarNewYear as we can see its night market can be possibly a "heated" space for #HongKongProtests. More protesters here are chanting "HongKong Indepence - it's the only way out"
