Hong Kong to enact China-style electronic bracelets for those in home isolation

Hong Kong will implement real-name registration for the contact-tracing LeaveHomeSafe app and China-style health codes to “identify” those infected or undergoing quarantine, the new health chief Lo Chung-mau said on Monday.

Lo also announced that, starting Friday, those undergoing home isolation due to being infected will be required to wear an electronic bracelet to ensure they will not leave their home.

Speaking at the routine Covid-19 briefing on Monday afternoon, Lo told reporters that the purpose of requiring users to register their real names on LeaveHomeSafe was to “identify confirmed cases and people required to undergo quarantine,” and “not to track them.”