Post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression: how fifth wave of Covid-19 infections has affected Hongkongers’ mental health

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When Andrew* caught Covid-19, it was not the symptoms of the disease that turned out to be the most harrowing part of the experience.

The Southeast Asian man in his thirties, who was infected in February 2021, says it was having to isolate for over 40 days straight at three different facilities in Hong Kong under government orders that left him feeling traumatised.