Hong Kong's government used electronic wristbands earlier this year to monitor COVID patients undergoing home isolation.
From July 17, Hong Kong will require all COVID-19 patients under home quarantine to wear an electronic bracelet to stop them from leaving their homes, the city's new health minister Lo Chung-mau announced Monday.
Lo, approved by Beijing last month as part of new Chief Executive John Lee's Cabinet, also said Monday that the Hong Kong government"recommends" to roll out in part the health code adopted in mainland China, that prevents COVID patients from visiting public venues, and requires mandatory quarantine for overseas visitors, AFP reported.
A health worker wears protective gear as she gives a nucleic acid test to detect COVID-19 on a local resident at a mass testing site after new cases were found, on April 6, 2022 in Beijing, China.The official, 61, made headlines in February when he said that Hong Kong must maintain a COVID"zero tolerance" policy, because living with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, would"get us all killed.
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