HONG KONG: Jamie Chui has been a virtual prisoner in her Hong Kong home for most of her nine-month pregnancy.

Trapped initially by violent pro-democracy protests and tear gas, and then by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) — she now faces giving birth alone, with her husband unlikely to see his child until days later.

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