Ivan Watson is a senior international correspondent for CNN in Hong Kong. "You may," responds a Hong Kong official, who is still wearing his mask. At the time, we were both jet-lagged after the long flight from Hong Kong, where we live and work. The coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan had spread across China, and the first cases had been detected in the semi-autonomous cities of Hong Kong and Macau. On the flight from South Korea, CNN cameraman Tom Booth and I were shocked to see British Airways crews operating without any protection.

Source: CNN May 08, 2020 00:22 UTC