Hong Kong carries a heavy burden with coronavirus. The number of those infected is ticking up.
The territory, already deeply divided by an anti-government protest movement, clamors to close all borders with mainland China to stop the spread of the deadly infection that claimed the life of a 39-year-old Hong Kong resident this week.
Through the eyes of one resident, we learn how the virus has touched off panic and a day-to-day scramble for small things needed to survive.
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