Hong Kong's biggest health crisis in 25 years: why did city stumble over Covid-19? Experts say it was too slow to change tactics, inflexible, put politics first | South China Morning Post

Cindy Wan Yuk-sin spent nearly two months in hospital in 2003, including more than 20 days in a coma, after being struck by Sars, the killer severe acute respiratory syndrome that emerged suddenly and affected several countries that year. In Hong Kong, the epidemic lasted three months, leaving 1,755 infected and 299 dead. Wan came close to death. The former restaurant cashier was grateful she survived, and went on to raise three children with her husband, a delivery man. Then, in March this year, she tested positive for Covid-19. The pandemic had swept the world since early 2020 but Hong…