Coronavirus inspires Hong Kong activists to get creative | DW News

The Chinese territory of Hong Kong has so far recorded a little more than 40 cases of the coronavirus COVID-19. But with a population of around 8 million packed together in dense residential housing, fears are growing that the number of infections will rise. The coronavirus has raised fears of a repeat of the SARS epidemic of 2003 when Hong Kong’s death toll was nearly the same as on the Chinese mainland. The territory’s leader Carrie Lam has asked a nervous public to come together to fight the virus. That call for responsibility going out not just to a nervous public, but also a divided one. For months, the city had been tearing itself apart over weekly pro-democracy protests. But the government's alleged inept handling of the coronavirus crisis has added another layer of distrust, to an already frayed relationship with the public. DW's Charlotte Chelsom-Pill reports from Hong Kong. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1 For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dw_stories/ Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/deutschewelle #Coronavirus #HongKongProtests