Being present in two countries, Hong Kong and UK successively, when pandemic was just emerging, I was able to observe the wake of the pandemic and how it was handled especially by ethnic minority people in these two places. Hong Kong is a place, where wearing a mask in public area when a person is coughing or is sick is a normal sight to see. In terms of ethnic minority people, government tried to reach out to them by distributing pamphlets and making public awareness videos in their own languages which were distributed through community NGO’s, volunteers and leaders who all worked together and did their best from their own side by distributing masks, sanitizers together with organizing health awareness programs. This maybe largely because a. everyone in Hong Kong who were present during SARS virus time already knew the drill and knew what they had to do despite the uncertainty b. public are well disciplined in terms of health c. community leaders connect with people and act like channel for government awareness program. Remarkably the most pronounced thing that I observed in all this was, just before the pandemic period, Hong Kong was going through political upheavals but much to everyone’s surprise, Hong Kong people managed to pick themselves together keeping their political differences aside and came together to fight the pandemic first. Wearing mask and social distancing was still an unfamiliar site when I had just arrived in London. Local NGO workers, volunteers in London were seen distributing masks, sanitizers while restaurant people were also seen distributing free foods to ethnic minority people. Not everyone understood or followed the social distancing rules because this was totally new concept to everyone including those around them. I felt that border control took more time in UK and people were indecisive about the government’s health plan. Overall, experience and discipline does help in getting better result when it comes to public health.