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When Alan Tang (not his real name) went to play football with some friends about three weeks ago, little did he realise how that game would change his life for the next two weeks. One of the guys he'd played with tested positive for Covid-19 and Tang, who works in a property development company, found himself quarantined at home for two weeks.

It was an eye-opening experience for him.

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