Hong Kong Faces Domestic Worker Shortage in Push for Covid Zero

A security guard patrols as domestic workers gather at Victoria Park in Hong Kong, China, on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. Known as "helpers" to locals, these groups of mostly Filipina and Indonesian women are the silent core of Hong Kong's $345 billion economy, with 400,000 providing live-in child care, cooking and cleaning to more than 10% of households before the pandemic. Photographer: Lam Yik/Bloomberg via Getty Images