The Hongcouver by Ian Young

An anti-Chinese virus was spreading in Vancouver. But data that could have broken infection chains of racism was kept secret

Covid-19 data showing Chinese-dominated Richmond is Vancouver’s least infected area could have undermined racist sentiment – but it was suppressed for months

Gene sequencing also shows BC’s pandemic mostly involves virus strains that arrived from the US, eastern Canada and Europe, while Chinese strains fizzled

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Published: 6:33am, 9 Jun, 2020

Updated: 1:53am, 11 Jun, 2020

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Ian Young is the Post's Vancouver correspondent. A journalist for more than 20 years, he worked for Australian newspapers and the London Evening Standard before arriving in Hong Kong in 1997. There he won or shared awards for excellence in investigative reporting and human rights reporting, and the HK News Awards Scoop of the Year. He moved to Canada with his wife in 2010.