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Chinese-controlled Hong Kong gov’t to mandate tracking bracelets for people in COVID quarantine

The new moves are reportedly geared toward preventing COVID-19 positive people ‘from leaving home and entering public venues and are not designed for real-time movement tracking.’

July 12, 2022429 views0

(by Ashley Sadler | LifeSite News) – In his first press conference since being approved by the Chinese government, Hong Kong’s new health minister has announced that all citizens under COVID-19 quarantine orders will need to wear tracking devices to make sure they comply with the rules.

Hong Kong health minister Lo Chung-mau stated that from July 17 onward, any of Hong Kong’s 7.8 million residents who receives a positive PCR test for COVID-19 will be required to wear an electronic bracelet to ensure they don’t leave their house, American Free Press (AFP) Hong Kong correspondent Xinqi Su reported Monday.

HK’s new health minister Lo Chung-mau announced that from Friday all #Covid patients under home quarantine will have to wear an electronic bracelet in order to prevent them from leaving home. pic.twitter.com/XVHO31CQ1Q

— Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪 (@XinqiSu) July 11, 2022