Explainers & FAQs
Many countries are offering fourth doses of the vaccines, but most are for at-risk groups like the elderly.
20 countries have reported acute liver inflammation in young patients, many of them previously healthy.
The country has not authorised any mRNA vaccines, despite their proven benefits, a move many observers believe is down to the wish to develop its own version.
From Thursday, all those entering the city will be issued with a ‘provisional vaccine pass’ QR code together with a compulsory quarantine order at border checkpoints.
New QR code, valid for six months, will be seen as equal to one shot of a coronavirus vaccine for the pass scheme.
Schools hand out virus test kits, those who test positive or are close contacts of Covid-19 patients to sit exams at Penny’s Bay facility.
Some countries have started giving fourth doses to seniors and other vulnerable people.
China is in the grip of an Omicron wave, but about 70 per cent of cases reported in March have not had any symptoms.
Critics have raised privacy concerns over the system, saying it’s a way to exercise mass surveillance and social control.
Scientists believe that further strains will emerge in future given the nature of the virus and the extent it has spread around the world.
Researchers have detected a number of recombinant Covid-19 sublineages in Europe
Symptoms can emerge months after the initial coronavirus infection is gone.
Government to start vaccinating homebound residents in need, following Hong Kong Council of Social Service’s pilot programme offering free Sinovac jabs.
Travel restrictions will be eased starting April 1, while in-person classes are set to resume from April 19 and social-distancing curbs relaxed in three phases from April 21.
Small and medium-sized enterprises, and the unemployed can expect to receive help through the Employment Support Scheme and Temporary Unemployment Relief initiative
The drugs should be given patients with mild to moderate symptoms within five days of the onset of symptoms
Infection can induce antibodies and cause so-called natural immunity but questions remain about how much protection it offers and for how long.
Changes such as registering positive results using rapid antigen tests on a government portal can help speed up confirmation of Covid-19 infections.
These apps have become essential for many people to safely carry on outside their homes, while observing social-distancing rules.
The scheme, set to launch on Thursday, allows only vaccinated or exempted residents to enter specific premises, with exemptions in certain instances.