– Leading health officials call on public to limit their time outside and make only essential trips
– Government extends work-from-home arrangements for civil servants to August 2
– Residents coming back from high-risk nations of United States and Kazakhstan must show negative test result before boarding flights
– Health minister says next two weeks will be critical and urges people to stay home as much as possible
À Hong Kong, les cas de contamination se multiplient. 108 nouvelles contaminations ont été recensées en 24 heures, un record.
– About five per cent of the city’s total branch network will be partially or completely closed amid efforts to contain the third wave of infections
– The restrictions come as the latest outbreak pushed the number of infections in Hong Kong towards the 2,000 mark
– Guangdong province now requires those crossing the border from Hong Kong to present negative Covid-19 test result, on top of quarantine requirement
– Hong Kong officials report trend since start of summer holidays of residents heading to Guangdong, straining services there
Sewage testing, already adopted in Singapore and Australia, can detect community infections a week earlier than other tests while screening samples from pools of people rather than individually can also speed up the process
– A 90-year-old woman was the city’s ninth fatality and the second from coronavirus-hit Kong Tai Care for the Aged Centre in Tsz Wan Shan
– Government’s sweeping social-distancing measures including mandatory mask wearing on public transport take effect
