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Hong Kong at the edge of pandemic, three years on

Inside China

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Hong Kong's COVID Pandemic Isn't Over, but It's Happening!

In November of 2020, a 75-year-old woman reported testing positive for COVID and that she had most likely became infected while visiting a dance club. This case would be known as the first of what became one of Hong Kong's largest super spreader events involving more than 700 confirmed cases. It led to a series of revelations about what bored wealthy women do behind closed doors during the day in not just one, but a vast network of venues across Hong Kong. Their husbands don't dance, they prefer to play ball games like golf so these dance venues become a vibrant recreational market.

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