Researchers from Hong Kong and Macao have developed a vaccine for the coronavirus and hope to start clinical trials within months.
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Hong Kong was expected to break its 12-day streak of 100-plus new Covid-19 infections on Monday, with around 80 confirmed cases, according to South China Morning Post today.
Daily coronavirus infections in Hong Kong continued to stretch into the triple digits as 115 cases emerged on Sunday.
Personnel from mainland China will come to Hong Kong to help conduct mass Covid-19 testing, it was revealed on Friday night, as the city confirmed another 121 coronavirus cases, the tenth straight day of triple-digit increases in infections.
Four men and a woman were arrested on Wednesday for using forged documents to cheat the government’s continuing education subsidy scheme out of MOP 1.76 million (US$223,000), Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference on Thursday.
Hong Kong registered a record 150 new confirmed Covid-19 cases on Thursday, medical sources said, as the government caved to public pressure and reversed its all-day ban on eating in restaurants.
A 62-year-old Hong Kong man who had worked in Macao since March and returned to Hong Kong on 11 July has tested positive for Covid-19 there.
Local residents’ satisfaction with clothes and footwear shopping scored 71.3 points, an increase of 7.9% from last year, while for restaurant satisfaction, it scored 69.4 points, an increase of 3.6% from last year.
Macao’s hotel guests dropped by 73.5% year-on-year to 1.83 million in the first half of this year, the Statistics and Census Bureau said in a statement today.