"I hope everyone can reunite soon," says one Hong Kong resident as the city prepares for Lunar New Year while remaining largely isolated from the rest of the world under a stringent zero-Covid strategy. Multiple recent outbreaks have not deterred Hong Kong residents from shopping in preparation for the festival, despite large new year fairs have been shuttered under strict social distancing measures. Like mainland China, Hong Kong is one of the few places left in the world still pursuing a zero-Covid strategy that has largely kept the virus at bay but left the finance hub internationally isolated. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES