Hong Kong plans to give a one-time payment to anyone who contracts Covid-19 locally and suffers financially because they don’t get sick pay and are stuck in hospital. The policy—involving a payment of 5,000 Hong Kong dollars, equivalent to US$645—might seem strange, but it actually makes a lot of sense, for public health and the economy.
The move follows publicized cases in which people with Covid-19 symptoms continued to work, in professions such as taxi-driving where they aren’t eligible for sick pay.
One…
This post first appeared on wsj.com
