Pedestrians walk past QR codes for the LeaveHomeSafe Covid-19 contact-tracing app posted outside the Central Government Offices in Hong Kong, China. — Bloomberg
Hong Kong will launch a China-style health code on Dec 10 that puts the city’s tracking capabilities on par with the mainland, as the two sides prepare to resume quarantine-free travel.
The Hong Kong Health Code will record a user’s real name, address and identification number, Secretary for Innovation and Technology Alfred Sit said at a news conference Thursday. The voluntary app is designed to be compatible with systems in neighbouring Macau and Guangdong province in southern China, Sit added.
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