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Residents may need to scan QR code into Hong Kong Covid-19 app to enter certain premises, sources say, as city confirms 84 new cases
- Officials considering making the scanning of QR codes into the ‘Leave Home Safe’ app a condition for entering certain premises, government source says
- Health officials are alarmed at ‘rapidly increasing’ number of unlinked local cases
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Officials are looking at making residents scan a QR code into the government’s Covid-19 risk exposure app as a prerequisite for entering certain premises, the Post learned on Saturday, as the number of untraceable infections in Hong Kong hit a three-month high.
A total of 84 confirmed coronavirus cases were reported on Saturday, including 27 with no known source of infection – the highest since August 13.
About 80 preliminary-positive cases were also recorded.
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A government source said officials were considering making the scanning of QR codes into the “Leave Home Safe” app a condition for entering some premises, much like temperature checks, to aid infection control and tracing.
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Authorities earlier said businesses providing dine-in services and premises such as gyms and cinemas would have to apply for a venue QR code on or before December 2 and display it.
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On Thursday, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor told lawmakers the government would make scanning a code mandatory if necessary.
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