Families forced to split as Hong Kong Covid cases spiral and rules tighten

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While Hong Kong clings to its “zero-Covid” policy, frustrations in the city are boiling over, workplace morale is being hit hard and families are splitting as a growing number of people, especially expatriates, abandon the global financial hub, according to Reuters.

Hong Kong saw a net outflow of more than 71,000 people in February, the most since the beginning of the pandemic, according to government data, compared with 16,879 in December.

“Hong Kong is like a prison right now,” one investment banker at a Western firm who is working from home told Reuters. He declined to be identified as he is not permitted to speak to media.

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