Chinese smartphone health code rules post-virus life

A passenger scans a QR code to get his green pass at a subway station in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province, on April 1. The pass required to board a subway, check into a hotel or enter Wuhan, the city where the global pandemic began. — AP

WUHAN, China: Since the coronavirus outbreak, life in China is ruled by a green symbol on a smartphone screen.

Green is the "health code" that says a user is symptom-free and it’s required to board a subway, check into a hotel or just enter Wuhan, the central city of 11 million people where the pandemic began in December.