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Hongkongers will be able to join local tours of up to 30 people each and wedding ceremonies of no more than 50 guests starting from Friday, officials revealed on Tuesday, as five new Covid-19 cases were recorded.But while Hong Kong’s leader said the city had not met the criteria necessary to relax social-distancing measures further, […]

Nine passengers arriving on a Nepal Airlines flight and a returning resident who twice tested negative during quarantine were among Hong Kong’s 11 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, prompting authorities to ban the carrier yet again, just four days after it completed a two-week suspension.Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Centre for Health Protection’s communicable […]

Hong Kong’s four new coronavirus infections on Friday were all traceable, as larger tour groups and wedding ceremonies resumed in the city.The latest infections pushed the city’s Covid-19 case tally to 5,284, with 105 related deaths.Friday’s cases involved three imported infections from Pakistan, India and the United States, while the sole local patient, a 29-year-old […]

Mainland China’s return to growth will help the Hong Kong economy recover from its battering by the coronavirus, according to the city’s financial chief, who predicted a “significant improvement” to third-quarter performance and exports in September.But achieving that progress depended on how well Hong Kong contained the spread of Covid-19, a fight that had already […]