Hong Kong Chooses Fear Over Living With Covid
One of the world's strictest, longest quarantines has kept the city safe, but also breeds paranoia and complacency.
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Photographer: Paul Yeung/BloombergHong Kong has decided to live with the fear of the virus, instead of the virus itself. If the territory wants to survive in a post-pandemic world, then the false bubble of security it has created can’t last.
Last week, a 38-year-old vaccinated woman tested positive with the L452R mutant strain, present in the Delta variant of the virus. She had recently returned from the U.S., quarantined for seven days in a hotel, and was in the second week of self-monitoring at home when she received the result. A compulsory testing notice for people who had been on public buses, shops and markets where the woman had been was issued.