Domestic workers have been left homeless after being fired and kicked out by their employers after contracting Covid.
Live-in workers in Hong Kong have reported being refused entry into their employers' homes after being struck down with the virus.
Some have been left with no option but to sleep on the street, support groups claimed.
It comes as the city finds itself in a severe Omicron outbreak, with thousands of people reporting infections every day.
Hospitals are said to be overwhelmed with patients - as well as government isolation facilities.
Hong Kong still has strict isolation policies for patients and close contacts, with tens of thousands of people unable to find accommodation.
Many are being told to isolate at home, but live-in workers are reporting being turned away by employers. .
There are currently an estimated 390,000 domestic workers in Hong Kong, working six days a week.
They are legally required to live with their employers and isolating anywhere else, other than government facilities or hospital, is illegal.
Maria, not her real name, is a domestic worker from the Philippines and was left with nowhere to live after testing positive on a rapid antigen test.
She was given three options, including paying for her own stay in a quarantine hotel for two weeks, go to hospital and “tell them I am very sick”, or have her contract terminated.
Maria said: “I went to hospital in the morning but there were so many patients I finished at 6 o’clock in the evening.
“My employer told me I can’t come back to their house, because I was dangerous and I was afraid that I would transfer the virus.”
Maria was left stranded at midnight, before her friends contacted charities who found her a place in a shelter.
Others have been forced to sleep in parks, at overpasses, or outside hospitals.
