Hong Kong to electronically tag Covid patients as it adopts China’s health code system

Those in home isolation will be forced to wear a bracelet tracking their movements as territory introduces China-style QR code system

Hong Kong will mandate electronic tracking bracelets for people in home isolation and bring in a China-style electronic health code system as part of fresh measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

The quarantine bracelets, to be introduced on Friday, will be mandatory for people who have tested positive and are quarantining at home to ensure they do not leave the building during their isolation period.