Hong Kong helper’s Covid-19 agony: ill woman found ‘self-isolating’ overnight in employer’s parked car taken to shelter

Volunteers from an NGO helping domestic workers in Hong Kong were shocked to find a 28-year-old Filipina woman alone, cold and ill with Covid-19 in a parked car.Josie* had been self-isolating in her employer’s car for 30 hours when she was found on Monday evening.It took volunteers from HELP for Domestic Workers a day to persuade her to move to a shelter, as she was afraid her employer would terminate her contract.“A domestic worker is required to have suitable and safe accommodation and…

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