Coronavirus: most of Hong Kong’s 180,000 civil servants return to offices, but concerns persist about lack of protection for workers

Most of Hong Kong’s 180,000 civil servants returned to their offices on Monday after a month working from home as a drastic precaution against the coronavirus, despite persisting fears about inadequate protection and widespread concern that the risk of infection had not eased in any way over the past weeks.While the government, as Hong Kong’s biggest employer, said it was trying to strike a balance between the need to protect its workforce and resume suspended public services, many in the…