Initial positive test for new coronavirus of a patient at Elizabeth Hospital
4 week ago.@qatarairways banning all China & Hongkong SAR passport holders to Kuwait upon country's request
4 week agoCarrieLam starts press conference by emphasizing @WHO appreciates China's handling of the epidemic, despite declaring global emergency
All primary, secondary, kindergarten and special schools in Hong Kong will be closed until March
Hong Kong Airlines to cut hundreds of jobs as finances worsen due to coronavirus
Hong Kong Dept of health confirms 2 new nCoV cases, 12 in HK now. 11th is a 37 yo woman, the daughter of a Wuhan couple tested + earlier. 12th is a 75 yo man who visited GZ in mainland earlier. Was told the man was initially in a non-isolated ward because he did not declare travel history
4 week agoReport of triad or indigenous villagers assaulting citizens at West Rail Yuen Long Station
Hong Kong Baptist University and the University of Hong Kong announced further suspension of lectures on campus until March 2
China coronavirus: another patient tests positive in Hong Kong (11th)
![Floating corpse of a 50 to 60 y.o. male [ wearing a black short-sleeved top+black jacket ] found ~1:38am Thurs along rocky beaches of Siu Sai Wan's Island Resort by runner. HKPoliceMilitants found no IDs on corpse+are seeking the deceased's identity. [ Credit: Oriental Daily ]](https://hongkong.liveuamap.com/pics/2020/01/30/21952949_0.jpg)
4 week agoFloating corpse of a 50 to 60 y.o. male [ wearing a black short-sleeved top+black jacket ] found ~1:38am Thurs along rocky beaches of Siu Sai Wan's Island Resort by runner. HKPoliceMilitants found no IDs on corpse+are seeking the deceased's identity. [ Credit: Oriental Daily ]
Chief secretary Matthew Cheung said 8 mil masks will arrive in HK this weekend from mainland, and that 24 mil was on their way. #CoronavirusOutbreak
4 week agoNearly 400 medical professionals serving in medical wards of public hospitals in the HongKong West Cluster have signed a petition demanding the Govt to close the border, as they threaten to go on strike if the demand's not met. Source say more outside these wards will join tmr
Two suspected cases of coronavirus are in solitary confinement in the on-board hospital of a ship of the Costa Cruises stopped at the port of Civitavecchia. At the moment no passengers can get off
China coronavirus: Hubei residents found in Hong Kong hotels, but security chiefs say they are powerless to isolate or deport them
4 week agoEmpty shelves in supermarkets in HongKong
Doctor of Weiyuan Hospital has symptoms after contacting patients, and the test results of 3 people are negative
Shenzhen, which is right next to Hong Kong, is the 4th city to reach more than 100 confirmed cases of coronavirus
2 doctors at Prince of Wales Hospital, both had contact with #WuhanCoronavirus patients, are found with respiratory infection symptoms and quarantined. One of them also has fever. Test results are expected tomorrow
1 month agoThe two mainland visitors newly confirmed of nCoV stayed in two five stars hotel, W Hotel in West Kowloon and Four Seasons Hotel, CHP confirmed
Two patients from Tai Po Nethersole Hospital tested positive for new coronavirus
Third coronavirus case in a day sees Hong Kong disease total rise to 11
Two HKers are confirmed infected nCoV2019 in Guangzhou. They both work in Wuhan
Two more "preliminary" cases of nCoV found in HK - an elderly couple in their 70s. Wuhan residents who entered HK via KA853 on Jan 22. Sent to hospital on Jan 28 after spending time at hotel
1 month agoHong Kong market re-opens after lunar new year - first chance to respond to #ChinaCoronaVirus and it's down +3% with almost every stock in the index declining.
15 ICU nurses called sick leave, Eastern Hospital said
1 month 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 month agoPostal services in HongKong will be suspended until at least February 2
1 month ago3 explosives found in 2 days, police say someone has admitted responsibility to seal the customs
1 month 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
