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HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong has seized 26 tonnes of smuggled shark fins, sliced from some 38,500 endangered animals, in the largest bust of its kind in the southern Chinese city. The record haul was discovered in two containers from Ecuador, and highlights the continued demand for shark fin, which is served at wedding banquets in many Chinese communities. The city’s customs department unveiled the haul on Wednesday and said it smashed previous […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China warned Hong Kong protesters Wednesday it would not tolerate them “stirring up trouble again” in the semi-autonomous territory that was rocked by months of pro-democracy demonstrations last year. Mass arrests of protesters and a ban on large gatherings due to the coronavirus outbreak in the financial hub have stifled the protest movement, but small demonstrations have been held in recent weeks as contagion fears ease. Hong Kong police used pepper […]
HONG KONG, Chinaa (AFP) — About 130 of Hong Kong’s frontline riot police officers will be sent to quarantine camp after two of their colleagues were confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus, a police source told AFP late Saturday. A 46-year-old sergeant, stationed in the city’s Kowloon West region, was confirmed to be infected early on the same day. He was deployed in a crowd control operation during a protest on Tuesday. Another officer, […]
by Su Xinqi HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong will ban all non-residents from entering the city from midnight on Tuesday evening in a bid to halt the coronavirus, its leader said, as she unveiled plans to stop restaurants and bars serving alcohol. Despite its proximity to the Chinese mainland, the financial hub has managed to stave off a runaway outbreak of the deadly virus — partly thanks to the public overwhelmingly embracing masks, […]
by Allison JACKSON Agence France-Presse Hong Kong, China (AFP) — From Australia’s Bondi Beach to the streets of New Delhi, authorities across Asia have ramped up efforts to stem the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus amid fears of a second wave of infections in places where outbreaks had appeared under control. Tighter travel restrictions were imposed in several countries as the number of cases in the region soared past 95,000 — a third of the […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Consulate in Hong Kong on Sunday, March 8, confirmed that a fourth Filipino in Hong Kong tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido Dulay said the Filipino is in a Hong Kong quarantine facility for treatment despite being asymptomatic. Earlier, the Department of Foreign Affairs said three Filipinos in Hong Kong were confirmed to have COVID-19. Two of them have recovered while the third was asymptomatic and healthy.
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — All pets of people in Hong Kong infected with the coronavirus will be quarantined, with one dog already in isolation, the city’s authorities said Friday. The move is the first reported case anywhere in the world of a government quarantining pets over the outbreak and was prompted by a positive test in the pet of an infected patient. The canine has been placed in quarantine for 14 days as […]
(Eagle News) — Another Filipino in Hong Kong tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong said the confirmation about the 29-year-old Filipino’s test results was made by the Hong Kong Health Department on Thursday morning. The consulate said the Filipino, who is in isolation, was so far “in good spirits” and “no longer has fever.” With the confirmation, the number of Filipinos in Hong Kong who tested positive for […]
by Yan Zhao and Katie Forster HONG KONG, China (AFP) — With chronic face mask shortages in the midst of a virus outbreak, Hong Kongers have started making their own — with a pop-up production line and seamstresses churning them out on sewing machines. In one of the most densely populated cities on earth, face masks have become hot property as people scramble for protection against the new deadly coronavirus. Long queues — sometimes thousands […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Dozens of Hong Kong police officers have been placed in quarantine after attending a banquet with a colleague who later tested positive for the new coronavirus, officials said Friday. The news prompted celebrations among some pro-democracy protesters, a vivid illustration of how deeply polarised the city has become after months of rallies and thousands of arrests last year. The 48-year-old officer found to be carrying the virus had dinner on […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — An elderly Hong Kong man who contracted the new coronavirus died on Wednesday, authorities announced, the second fatality from the outbreak in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. “A 70-year-old male patient who was infected with the novel coronavirus deteriorated and succumbed in Princess Margaret Hospital this morning,” the Hospital Authority said in a statement. Officials said the man was taken to hospital on 12 February after a fall at home. […]
Filipinos and their foreign spouses and children also allowed entry (Eagle News) — Filipinos and their foreign spouses or children, and holders of diplomatic visas will now be allowed into the country even if they come from China, Macau and Hong Kong. According to the Department of Health, based on a recently revised resolution of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases, they will, however, still be subjected to the required 14-day quarantine to […]
