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Hong Kong right to remain vigilant against Nipah virus spread

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Coronavirus Hong Kong

100 days of Covid-19

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Hong Kong

Health & Environment

Coronavirus

Coronavirus: lessons of pandemic have officials rethinking plans for Hong Kong’s public hospitals, authority chairman says

The Accident and Emergency department at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital on March 31, 2020, where cubicles for people with coronavirus symptoms were set up to relieve pressure on isolation wards. Photo: Sam Tsang

Medical staff demands an open dialogue on the novel coronavirus with the senior management, at the Hospital Authority's headquarters in Kowloon City. Medical staff on strike demand better protection from the deadly coronavirus and the full closure of the border with mainland China. 07FEB20 SCMP/ Felix Wong

Second-tier isolation ward at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Chai Wan. 31MAR20 SCMP / Sam Tsang

People left after virus test at Asia-World Expo. The Hospital Authority started today to set up testing centres at AsiaWorld-Expo and North Lantau Hospital to divert people who have entered the Hong Kong International Airport with symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection to conduct virus tests and wait for laboratory results. 20MAR20 SCMP/ Winson Wong

In an exclusive interview, Hospital Authority chairman Henry Fan discussed the ways in which the Covid-19 crisis had informed future planning for Hong Kong’s public hospitals. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

More isolation beds and more land to hold them among key concerns going forward, Hospital Authority chief tells the Post.


Coronavirus pandemic exposes Hong Kong’s inadequate links between public, private hospitals as patients left waiting for treatment

Hongkongers needing elective treatment unrelated to the coronavirus face longer waits during the epidemic. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Hospital Authority Chairman Henry Fan Hung-ling photographed in Mong Kok. 28APR20 SCMP / K. Y. Cheng

‘Non-urgent’ cases postponed as overburdened public hospitals focus on Covid-19 patients.


Coronavirus: musician from Hong Kong’s Covid-19 bar cluster recounts harrowing experience of battle with disease

Covid-19 survivor Mark Anthony Balcueva. Photo: Edmond So

Covid-19 rehabiilitation patient Mark Anthony Balcueva poses for pictue in Wan Chai. 02MAY20 SCMP / Edmond So

This image shows the exterior of Dusk Till Dawn in Wan Chai. 11SEP15 [2015 FEATURES]

Few visitors seen at Lan Kwai Fong, Central. A male, who had tested positive for the coronavirus, has visited the Pure Fitness branch in Lan Kwai Fong. 20MAR20 SCMP / Dickson Lee

Mark Anthony Balcueva struggled to breathe and had to be put on a cocktail of drugs, with only the thought of his daughter back in the Philippines keeping him alive.


No sleep, no family time: Hong Kong’s medical heroes recall deepest fears caring for coronavirus patients

The isolation ward at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Jordan. Photo: Sam Tsang

Dr Chong Yee-hung will be appointed as Hospital Chief Executive (HCE) of Pok Oi Hospital, interviewed at Pok Oi Hospital in Yuen Long. 29APR20 SCMP / K. Y. Cheng

Dr. Raymond Liu Wai-to of Ruttonjee Hospital Infectious Diseases Unit photographed at a quarantine ward at Ruttonjee Hospital, Wan Chai. 30APR20 SCMP / Xiaomei Chen

Two people chat while sitting next to an usually busy bar in Lan Kwai Fong, Central, after the city’s Chief Executive announced plans to temporarily ban the sale of alcohol in bars and restaurants as a measure to help stop the spread of the COVID-19 caused by the novel coronavirus. - Hong Kong will ban all non-residents from entering the city from midnight on March 24, 2020 in a bid to halt the coronavirus, its leader says, as she unveils plans to stop restaurants and bars serving alcohol. 23MAR20 SCMP / Robert Ng

Dr Owen Tsang Tak-yin medical director of the Infectious Disease Centre at the Princess Margaret Hospital, Kwai Chung. 29APR20 SCMP / K. Y. Cheng

Doctor who received first of patients from city’s hotpot cluster relives horror of facing the possibility that city was on the cusp of a major outbreak.


From the tireless commitment of Hong Kong's medical heroes, to the first-hand account of one of the patients from the city's Covid-19 "bar and band" cluster, this series marks the 100th day of Hong Kong's coronavirus crisis.


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100 days of Covid-19

From the tireless commitment of Hong Kong's medical heroes, to the first-hand account of one of the patients from the city's Covid-19 "bar and band" cluster, this series marks the 100th day of Hong Kong's coronavirus crisis.

Exclusive | Pandemic drives rethink of Hong Kong’s hospital needs: authority chief

More isolation beds and more land to hold them among key concerns going forward, Hospital Authority chief tells the Post.

Pandemic exposes inadequate links between public, private hospitals

‘Non-urgent’ cases postponed as overburdened public hospitals focus on Covid-19 patients.

Musician from Hong Kong’s Covid-19 bar cluster recounts horror

Mark Anthony Balcueva struggled to breathe and had to be put on a cocktail of drugs, with only the thought of his daughter back in the Philippines keeping him alive.

Hong Kong’s medical heroes recall deepest fears fighting Covid-19

Doctor who received first of patients from city’s hotpot cluster relives horror of facing the possibility that city was on the cusp of a major outbreak.

100 days of Covid-19

From the tireless commitment of Hong Kong's medical heroes, to the first-hand account of one of the patients from the city's Covid-19 "bar and band" cluster, this series marks the 100th day of Hong Kong's coronavirus crisis.

.css-sioo19{color:#c79a00;}Exclusive | Pandemic drives rethink of Hong Kong’s hospital needs: authority chief

More isolation beds and more land to hold them among key concerns going forward, Hospital Authority chief tells the Post.

Pandemic exposes inadequate links between public, private hospitals

‘Non-urgent’ cases postponed as overburdened public hospitals focus on Covid-19 patients.

Musician from Hong Kong’s Covid-19 bar cluster recounts horror

Mark Anthony Balcueva struggled to breathe and had to be put on a cocktail of drugs, with only the thought of his daughter back in the Philippines keeping him alive.

Hong Kong’s medical heroes recall deepest fears fighting Covid-19

Doctor who received first of patients from city’s hotpot cluster relives horror of facing the possibility that city was on the cusp of a major outbreak.

Exclusive | Pandemic drives rethink of Hong Kong’s hospital needs: authority chief