Children as young as 11-month-old have been separated from their parents after testing positive for the Wuhan Virus in Hong Kong. Parents are not allowed to meet their children or isolate with them. Expats are fleeing Hong Kong in fear of separation. Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: Hong Kong separates 2,000 Covid-positive children from parents

Hong Kong is now running out of coffins as it battles yet another severe wave of the pandemic. People are hesitant to use paper coffins, but this is an eco-friendly solution that could help cope with this shortage.

Hong Kong runs out of coffins as covid-19 death toll rises, surge puts strain on mortuaries

Hong Kong said on Sunday it is shortening the ban on airlines that are found to have carried three or more passengers who test positive for COVID-19 upon arrival, as the number of local cases continues to ease from its peak.

COVID-19: Hong Kong says to halve flight suspension rule to seven days

According to a new poll, over half of the European companies in Hong Kong aim to shift their operations and workers entirely or partially out of the city, the latest indicator that the world's tightest COVID-19 travel and quarantine rules are diminishing the city's allure.

50% of foreign companies in Hong Kong plan to relocate 

The first time the omicron variant breached Hong Kong’s coronavirus defenses, in late 2021, the city stamped it out, cementing its status as one of the world’s most formidable redoubts of “zero COVID.

High death rate in Hong Kong shows importance of vaccinating the elderly

Hong Kong plans to relax some anti-COVID-19 measures next month, lifting a ban on flights from nine countries, reducing quarantine and reopening schools, after a backlash from business and residents.

Hong Kong to ease strict COVID curbs after business backlash

A top government advisor in Hong Kong has estimated that 2.5 million Hongkongers may have already been infected with COVID-19. Professor Yuen Kwok-yung has requested residents to get vaccinated and brace for future waves as ''eradication of the virus will not happen'' He also suggests city could consider easing travel restrictions, with imported cases far below that in the community.

COVID-19: 2.5 million people in Hong Kong infected, top government adviser estimates

Hong Kong's leader said Thursday she was mulling easing some of the city's coronavirus restrictions due to waning public tolerance, but could not provide a roadmap out of the current Omicron-fuelled crisis.

Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam mulls easing Covid rules

New wave of covid is ripping through Hong Kong. There has been a deadly Omicron surge and a rising number of covid-19 deaths, there's a scare that Hing Kong could run out of coffins within days.

Hong Kong: Rising deaths amid deadly Omicron surge

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Saturday that the city's COVID-19 outbreak wasn't yet past its peak despite recent daily case numbers showing a slight levelling off.

COVID-19: Hong Kong leader says city is not yet past Covid peak

Hong Kong's latest Wuhan virus outbreak has become a nightmare for residents. Many are choosing to leave the city. In the last three weeks, over 60,000 people could have left Hong Kong. Palki Sharma tells you about the mass exodus.

Gravitas: Hong Kong's Covid-19 outbreak triggers mass exodus

Hong Kong's Omicron fueled Wuhan virus is killing almost 150 people everyday. Funeral homes are overflowing. Refrigerated shipping containers are being hired to keep dead bodies. Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: Hong Kong: Shipping containers hired to store dead bodies

A temporary bridge has been built in Hong Kong to help bring in material from the mainland for the Covid-19 makeshift hospital. Nearly 2,000 Chinese contractors from the China State Construction Engineering are in Hong Kong for this project.

China builds new bridge to Hong Kong amid Covid surge

A top Chinese health official rallied embattled Hong Kong on Tuesday to stick with a "dynamic zero" coronavirus strategy and warned that the city's "lifeline" health system was at risk and the situation had to be turned around as soon as possible.

COVID-19: China says Hong Kong must stick to 'dynamic zero' COVID strategy

For the last eight years Mathilde and her family have called Hong Kong home, but as the coronavirus tears through the city they are joining an exodus of foreign workers looking for an escape route.

COVID-19: Virus chaos pushes more expats to join Hong Kong exodus

Hong Kong reported 31,008 new COVID-19 cases and 153 deaths on Sunday as the city's chief secretary said residents should not worry about a looming mass testing scheme, with details to be announced and authorities ensuring a steady supply of food.

COVID-19: Hong Kong residents urged not to panic ahead of COVID mass testing

While Hong Kong clings to its "zero-COVID" policy, frustrations in the city are boiling over, workplace morale is being hit hard and families are splitting as a growing number of people, especially expatriates, abandon the global financial hub.

COVID-19: Families forced to split as cases spiral and rules tighten in Hong kong

Two of Hong Kong's largest consumer retail chains started rationing some food and drug items on Friday to curb panic buying that has plagued the city over the past week amid fears of a citywide lockdown as COVID-19 cases soar.

Covid-19: Hong Kong retail chains ration staples to curb panic buying

Local media reports state that Hong Kong is all set to report a new record of over 50,000 daily new infections on Wednesday. This comes in as Chief Executive Carrie Lam sought to reassure residents during a television interview from a railroad yard just after the first bundle of goods arrived from China to the city.

Hong Kong records 50,000 Covid cases as first bundle of goods arrive from China

Hong Kongers stripped shop shelves bare Tuesday as panic buying set in following mixed messaging from the government over whether it plans a China-style hard lockdown this month.

COVID-19: Lockdown fears spark panic buying in Hong Kong

In a possible sign that China's leadership is rethinking its zero-Covid strategy, top Chinese scientist Zeng Guang has said that Beijing's strategy against Covid-19 cannot "remain unchanged forever.

China to exit zero-Covid strategy? Top scientist says it cannot 'remain unchanged forever'

Facilities for storing dead bodies at hospitals and public mortuaries in Hong Kong are at maximum capacity due to a record number of COVID-19 fatalities, the Hospital Authority said on Monday, as officials battle to control a surge in cases.

Hong Kong mortuaries hit capacity as COVID deaths climb

Hong Kong reported a record 26,026 daily COVID-19 infections on Sunday and 83 deaths, as an outbreak of the highly transmissible Omicron variant overwhelms healthcare facilities and proves hard to control.

Hong Kong reports record daily COVID cases and 83 deaths

The Indian men`s football team will have to contend with Hong Kong, Afghanistan and Cambodia in its bid to qualify for next year`s AFC Asian Cup in China. India, who are ranked 104th in FIFA Rankings, have drawn lower-ranked opponents in Hong Kong (148), Afghanistan (150) and Cambodia (171) in the draw for the final qualifying round conducted virtually in the Malaysian capital on Thursday.

AFC Asian Cup: Sunil Chhetri-led India to face Hong Kong, Afghanistan, Cambodia in final qualifiers

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