By The Loop HK Staff | April 2nd, 2020
Still working from home? Still social distancing and skipping your usual haunts and activities? We’ve compiled a list of COVID-19 and other coronavirus-inspired articles, guides, and opinion pieces from The Loop HK here, all for your easy access. Remember to keep checking back as we regularly update this list with more recent stories. Happy reading!
How to Stay Safe and Up to Date:
How You Can Help:
Things to Do at Home:
Food
- Meal delivery services
- Restaurant takeaway and delivery services
- Cocktail deliveries
- Grocery deliveries
- Wine deliveries
- How to brew coffee at home while supporting your local cafes
Leisure
- Online studio classes and workout apps in Hong Kong
- Ideas for activities and courses
- Online game ideas and Animal Crossing testimonials
- Hong Kong books to read
- Apps for indoors
- Asian shows on Netflix
- Hong Kong shows on Netflix
- Korean shows and movies to catch after “Parasite”
- Netflix for February 2020
- Netflix for March 2020
Online Shopping
Things to Do, Responsibly, While Practicing Social Distancing:
- Staycation ideas
- Explore somewhere slightly more remote, like Sai Kung
- District-based neighborhood guides
- Best hiking trails in HK
- Check out HK’s latest restaurant openings (only if you’re in a party of not more than 4, and are not in quarantine, or have recently returned from overseas, or have been in contact with anyone who is sick)
Read from our Opinionated Columnists:
- Is face mask wearing even a debate these days?
- Her SARS quarantine experience on the Isle of Wight has this columnist scarred for life
- A Hong Kong perspective during COVID-19 outbreak
- Carrie Lam was going to ban alcohol sales in bars — is that slut shaming?
Just for Fun:
- There are actually perks to living in a shoe box flat
- Solve your relationship conundrums with relationship columnist Lulu Jeh
- Look wistfully at this list of things to do and see when this outbreak is finally over
- Plan ahead for these events that hopefully will not be cancelled, because the outbreak will be under control by then!