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Pandemic adds to woes of Hong Kong s ethnic minority residents facing discrimination
Posted : 2021-02-21 10:44
People walk past an apartment building in Hong Kong on Feb. 20, 2021. AFP
Hongkonger and Nepali Dilip Rai, 42, stops to catch his breath as he climbs the stairs to his fourth-floor flat in an old tenement building in Jordan.
The security guard lives with his wife, also 42, and their nine-year-old son in one bedroom of the flat, while his cousin, 42, and her husband, 52, share the other room.
The entire household of five fell ill with Covid-19 when Yau Tsim Mong district recorded more than 160 cases between January 1 and 20.
South China Morning Post
Hong Kong is set to ease tough social-distancing rules from Thursday for the first time since the onslaught of the fourth wave of Covid-19 three months ago, while experts advising the government on the city’s vaccine roll-out have recommended the emergency use of China’s Sinovac.
The announcements on the two fronts came on Tuesday as the city confirmed eight new infections, but also recorded about 20 preliminary-positive cases which would take the daily tally back into double digits on Wednesday.
Health authorities announced they would allow from Thursday the reopening of all sports venues, fitness centres, beauty and massage parlours, public performance venues such as concert halls, theme parks, exhibition centres and cinemas, and entertainment facilities including bowling alleys, ice rinks, gyms and game centres.