HONG KONG: the East West contrast/Why masks?/Building resilience I Ep5

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Day 84 Hong Kong

Today we speak to Anne in her bedroom in Hong Kong surrounded by graffiti posters. We talk about the stark differences between people's approach to Coronavirus in 'West' and 'East', about resilience among students graduating during Covid and the miles of untouched nature in Hong Kong, where 40% of its land mass is national parkland - just a step away from the seething metropolis of central Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated countries in the world, and has a population density of 17,311 people per sq.m/6,659 people per sq.km which makes it Coronavirus infection figures all the more incredible. It has a population of over 7 million and has experienced only 4 deaths due to Covid.

Read more about the why here:

https://www.vox.com/2020/5/18/21262273/coronavirus-hong-kong-masks-deaths-new-york

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