Letters | Coronavirus in Hong Kong: give people under quarantine a chance to work out outdoors

Nearly everyone in urban Hong Kong is within a 10-minute walk of an open space. I suggest that the government designate an hour late at night when those in self-isolation can emerge and, maintaining social distance, do whatever exercises they like.

Having the exercise late at night will minimise the chances of inadvertent transmission on the way to and from the designated venue, and will allow sufficient time to sanitise the venue afterwards.

Self-isolation could otherwise be known as prison, and one of the greatest challenges prisons face is self-harm. Those who self-harm or, worse, commit domestic violence as a result of self-isolation will put our health services under pressure.

Likewise, spending 14 days without exercise will not only reduce people’s fitness, it might increase their chances of infection when the period of isolation ends.

Chris Maden, Mong Kok