The international finance hub has kept infections at bay thanks to mostly closed borders, some of the world's strictest quarantine rules and ongoing social distancing rules.
From Thursday, all adults under 65 must use the city government's Covid app, scanning QR codes to log their presence at 18 types of premises -- including eateries, cinemas, gyms and karaoke venues.Children and the elderly were exempted at the last minute after a public backlash against the proposal to make the app mandatory for all.
Chum Tak-shing, a local district councillor in Sham Shui Po, said many older residents who are not exempted in his working-class district do not own, and cannot afford, a phone to run the app. Despite assurances about data security from the authorities, concerns have swirled about how information collected by the app will be stored -- and how it may be used.Mainland China, however, uses a tracing app that is linked to people's identities.
breaking grassroots breakingnews words of the day: makakaiyot ak
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.