Funding from Janchor Partners, RA Capital Management, Hillhouse Capital, and Jiashan SDIC will go towards developing eight potential drug candidates.

Kan Kwai-fong told the High Court she strangled her six-year-old grandson in a Wan Chai hotel room because she believed he was mentally ill.

Proposed ban on ‘denigrating’ TCM has sparked criticism on social media, with some calling it a further intrusion on free speech.

In an exclusive, wide-ranging interview with the Post, veteran Chinese infectious disease expert Zhong Nanshan shares his insights into the global battle to control the Covid-19 pandemic.

Officials are moving some residents from Luk Chuen House at Lek Yuen Estate in Sha Tin. The decision comes after cluster of infections found, with first case being a 34-year-old woman who tested positive on Sunday.

Governments are figuring out how to prevent hospitals from being overrun during future pandemics and ageing societies. China’s WeDoctor prescribes a cure.

Analysis of patient samples from Wuhan shows virus caused ‘ballooning changes’ and damage to cells that produce sperm.

Research in Australia suggests a 1 per cent fall in humidity could increase number of infections by 6 per cent.

Tax breaks in Taiwan, trade war tariffs and supply chain vulnerabilities exposed by the coronavirus pandemic are making China increasingly unappealing for Taiwanese firms.

Spanish research claimed to be first comprehensive study of the effects on those with HIV compared with the general population in the same region.

Provincial authorities say 300 asymptomatic cases were identified in the mass screening programme.

Hu Weifeng, a 42-year-old urologist, contracted the virus four months ago and had been in a coma after he suffered a brain haemorrhage.

Two-week extension of ban against more than eight gathering in public, quarantine measures also continuing. Move comes as four more from Sha Tin housing estate confirmed as infected.

Mandatory screening of millions of people a shot in the arm for city but authorities need to give more information about how the programme was conducted, scientists say.

State media on Sunday published a 13-month-old speech from President Xi Jinping saying China has essentially doubled the size of its economy between 2010 and 2020.

Factors such as number of patient specimens and the urgency of getting the results play a role in whether the rapid PCR test is used.

The Handy Capsule is a stylish case with sections for a face mask, hand sanitiser, temperature-reading stickers and alcohol wipes. Its designer, Kiran Zhu of Ziinlife in Shanghai, explains how he got the idea.

Government’s slow processes, use of faxes, have caused delays for Covid-19 patients, doctors say.

The country currently has five candidate vaccines undergoing trials, four of which will need high levels of biosecurity to manufacture them safely.

We cannot allow private or national interests, or even market forces, to dictate who lives and who dies.

A survey by the China Film Association suggests 40 per cent of cinemas, almost 5,000 in total, could go bust because of losses stemming from the Covid-19 lockdown.

Experts say that consumer behaviour has changed irrevocably as a result of Covid-19 – and that the sharing economy must adapt.

A rise in racial abuse linked to Covid-19 highlights a gap in human rights legislation: why is there no federal law punishing racist acts as a crime?

Established organisations in Europe learn from the outbreak experience in China, including issues around rebuilding society after pandemic.

All of the latest cases involve residents flying back from Pakistan, where the pandemic remains severe, according to health authorities. The jump is the largest in nearly six weeks.

Shi Zhengli tells state broadcaster that years of research meant cause of mystery pneumonia was quickly found after it emerged in Wuhan last year.