For the past few days, many Hongkongers from the city’s ethnic minority communities have reported facing discrimination after they were blamed by a health official for the spread of Covid-19 in the city, such as by taking off their masks to eat and socialise. There was outrage on social media about how inappropriate the remarks were. Since then, there have been other reports of how this has affected ethnic minorities, such as bosses asking only Nepalese to do Covid-19 tests, Nepalese construction workers being asked to stay home, and a Deliveroo order note stating “no Indian/Pakistani rider”. These are only a few examples – there are, of course, many more people who have faced discrimination but who keep the humiliation to themselves. A single comment from the health official created many troubles, which could persist for weeks and months. Why play the blame game in this crisis that we are all facing when we are supposed to come together to “fight the virus”, as the government’s posters exhort us? The recent cluster in Yau Tsim Mong district, where many members of the city’s ethnic minority communities live, does not give anyone the right to point fingers at them. Covid-19 has hit many parts of Hong Kong since the beginning of the pandemic but there was no pointing fingers at a single community before. So why now? We are all going through this pandemic together – some people have lost their loved ones, some are still suffering, some are recovering. Every single person out there is facing a very difficult time. We are all hoping to recover from this pandemic as soon as possible, and for that we need to be in it together, instead of blaming one another. After all, “Together, we fight the virus”. Rajena Limbu, Jordan Lockdowns pile on the Covid panic The latest round of “ confinement orders ” and people fleeing from these shows a dithering government offering a panic-stricken Hong Kong nothing more than another blanket of fear. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and her advisers need to realise that if they were already on shaky ground, this could make it give way under them, with another wave of protests on the cards. Things are unravelling very fast and leading up to this, as every day sees more restrictions, but no answers. When taxpayers are unable to live their lives to the full and freedoms continue to be restricted, there comes a breaking point. Hans Ebert, Wan Chai