With the third wave of Covid-19 infections overwhelming the city’s health care system, the central government has sent medical teams from Guangdong province to help expand coronavirus testing in Hong Kong and experts from Wuhan, the original epicentre of Covid-19, to set up temporary hospitals similar to those built in Hubei province in February. As a native of Wuhan living in Hong Kong, I am very proud of the great resilience of the people of my hometown. They rose to the challenges of the pandemic and can now share their expertise in Covid-19 with Hong Kong. As the government allowed these experts from Hubei to enter Hong Kong to fight the pandemic, it should also lift the ban on the entry of all Hubei residents, given that no confirmed local cases of infection have been reported in the province since May 19. In response to my email to the Legislative Council Secretariat complaining about this absurd restriction, the secretariat has asked the Chief Executive’s Office to furnish a reply. I urge Mrs Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to revise the policy as soon as possible to protect the rights of Hong Kong residents with family members from Hubei . Simon Wang, Kowloon Tong No space to stretch amid Covid-19 restrictions The government promotional video of tips for preventing Covid-19 includes inter alia “find an open place to stretch”. But where can one find this space when all the government-controlled locations, playing fields, open public areas and any place that people can stretch, have been fenced out of limits. All one has to do is visit the known and well-used locations. While the open pitches have been fenced off, the pathways snaking round them are accessible, and people are forced to gather along these narrow passages when trying to find a place to stretch. Why can’t the government treat us like responsible people, which we have been especially in relation to this pandemic, and open up the pitches, play and exercise areas but have staff – seldom seen out and about – monitor, advise and control those using the spaces. As a user of these spaces, I know the people exercising at open locations – we’re told time and again it is essential to keep healthy and take in sunshine – are conscientious and law-abiding. So please give us back our open spaces to stretch and keep healthy. James A. Elms, Mid-Levels East