Hong Kong’s tiny apartments increase pain of Covid isolation

Tight space: People queue up for Covid-19 tests in Hong Kong. Living space is notoriously small in the city of 7.4 million. — AFP

HONG KONG: The city-state’s biggest Covid-19 outbreak has left tens of thousands of patients struggling to isolate themselves from their families in one of the world’s most crowded cities.

Growing numbers of infected people are recuperating at home because hospitals have been stretched to their limits.