Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan says the government is finalising details for a voluntary coronavirus testing plan.

City University associate professor Dr Cheung Siu-gin makes discovery while collecting fragments for other research.

Workers’ rights group Caritas Asian Migrants Project urges the government to improve the living conditions of helpers in employment agency dormitories.

Stall owners say business is down between 20 and 30 per cent on previous months, and cluster of cases at Hung Hom and To Kwa Wan markets has increased fears of further outbreak.

The team has developed a vaccine that stops a key part of the infection process by preventing the coronavirus from attaching itself to human cells.

Non-permanent residents are still waiting to be given the nod to apply for the cash support, while most Hongkongers have already received payment.

Teams from across the border will help local authorities carry out wider screening and construct a makeshift hospital. Assistance comes as city reports 115 new cases and another two deaths.

Residents from three villages in the Yuen Long area have vowed to stay put after the government ignored their appeal to delay an eviction order amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Of the new cases, 68 were linked to other infections, 25 were imported and the authorities were still tracing the sources of the other 35.

Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung says next two weeks will be crucial and city must do its best to prevent further spread of virus. Measures could include restrictions on movement and business hours but full lockdown ruled out.

Health experts query why changes affecting seafarers, aircrew will only come into effect from Wednesday rather than immediately.

Coronavirus crisis leads pro-Beijing camp to suggest delaying Legco 2020, but Ronny Tong says that presents risks to both the government and Hong Kong.

Authorities turning to unprecedented measures, including requiring people to wear masks indoors at public venues, possibly starting this week. As crisis pushes frontline workers to limit, officials admit laboratory mix-up wrongly labelled a woman positive and another negative.

Stay-at-home Hongkongers order more takeaway food, toss more garbage down the chute.

Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam also warns the city could be hit by another wave of infections in winter, just as health experts had feared.

Dr Yan Limeng, a former postdoctoral fellow at the university, spoke on Fox News, claiming superiors did not act on her early findings about Covid-19 human transmission.

Wellcome and ParknShop say a temporary restriction will be imposed on the sale of essential items such as rice, toilet paper.

A 64-year-old cancer patient in Queen Elizabeth Hospital is confirmed with coronavirus after being placed in a ward with two others who have the infection.

Finance chief Paul Chan says Hong Kong needs to strike a balance between fighting coronavirus and keeping economy running.

Authorities have so far been unable to trace the source of infection in 13 of 38 new confirmed cases.

Gabriel Leung, dean of HKU medical school, says a strain of the virus has increased its infection rate by 30 per cent due to a DNA mutation.

Sound designer’s project helps to track animal behaviour, climate change, noise pollution.

Press freedom in the city is the worst in 30 years, Hong Kong Journalists Association chairman Chris Yeung says.

Herbert Chow says he plans to contest for the seat of the sports, performing arts, culture and publication functional constituency.

The government is also considering tightening the rules on those granted an exemption from Covid-19 testing when entering the city.

US restrictions prompted by the new law Beijing imposed on Hong Kong will force the city to seek alternative sources for hi-tech equipment.

City can supply its energy using mix of renewables to achieve zero emissions by 2050, says head of group supporting sustainable development. Clean hydrogen, which Japan is looking to export, can be created by splitting water into its components using solar power.

Domestic workers’ body said up to 80 per cent of helpers surveyed did not know they could lodge complaints if they faced discrimination.

As virgin plastic prices sink, Chinese firms have little incentive to opt for recycled version, insiders say, estimating nine in 10 local firms have closed.

Measure could be eased as early as the end of this week, according to sources, with existing rule limiting gatherings to eight people set to expire on Thursday.