CORONAVIRUS, HONG KONG PEOPLE IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT
In December 2019, Coronavirus breaks out from seafood wholesale market in Wuhan, China. Wuhan coronavirus is a human-to-human transmission disease which will cause death at worst. Hong Kong is a bullet place with around 7,000,000 population. In this high population density city, public transports are one of the high-risk areas where people may be infected by coronavirus. The citizens are worried about they would suffer from the coronavirus, so, rather than wearing marks, they would like to try different methods to protect themselves when going out or taking public transports. Light Rail Transit (LRT) is the main public transport in Tuen Mun District and Yuen Long District. During these periods, everyone is staying altered.
Reported by Agnes Law, 19/2/2020
The old man, who buys two bags of food is wearing face masks incorrectly, on February 15, 2020.
2. Light Rail Transit creates a network which connects Tuen Mun, Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai with 68 stations, on February 15, 2020.
3. Light Rail Transit has a daily ridership of about 483,000 people, on February 14, 2020.
4. There is an ageing trend in the population of Hong Kong, especially in Tuen Mun and the elderly is one of the high-risk groups of suffering from coronavirus. No matter how long it is, the old passengers do not put off their face masks, February 14, 2020.
5. Two men come into the railway car at the same, one of them who buys a bottle of bleach cleaner holds the grab rail with tissue (in back), another one does not wear face masks (in front), on February 15, 2020.
6. Passengers prefer lean on something rather than hold hanging straps, so that they can reduce prevent touching the handing straps with unknown bacteria, on February 15, 2020.
7. Due to the outbreak of coronavirus, kindergarten closed. Some of the parents gather together and let their children play together, on February 14, 2020.
8. Although there is an under-supply of face masks in Hong Kong, most of the passengers are wearing masks, on February 14, 2020.
9. According to WHO, the coronavirus will be transmitted via respiratory droplets, citizens on the platform sit away from each other to avoid being too close, on February 15, 2020
10.  A woman buys a lot of necessities and food, on February 15, 2020.
11. Besides wearing face masks, she is also wearing plastic gloves, on February 15, 2020.
12. Although citizens are not supposed gather together, the Light Rail Transit schedule do not have any changes.
In the rush hour, the carriage is crowded, on February 15,2020.
