- Home visits with elderly citizens discovered some were steaming masks in order to reuse them, a practice that has been debunked
- Social workers union chief suggests temporarily closing non-emergency services to save masks
Missing from Hong Kong’s mammoth queues for masks amid the coronavirus outbreak are many elderly too weak or poor to join them, with some resorting to steaming the few masks they have left and one single mother reusing one for five straight days.
The practice, debunked by medical professionals, was found during home visits by social workers on Wednesday, who called for urgent government measures to ease the burden on elderly and low-income families during the shortages caused by the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
Credit: Debora Cartagena CDC
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