Hong Kong mulls coronavirus code system similar to mainland China to contain Covid-positive residents, health minister says | South China Morning Post

Hong Kong could implement a Covid-19 code system similar to the one used by mainland China to ensure residents subject to compulsory testing orders avoid entering high-risk areas, the city's new health minister has said. But Secretary for Health Dr Lo Chung-mau on Sunday brushed aside concerns that the proposed measure would be unpopular with Hongkongers, arguing it would enhance the freedoms of uninfected residents. "Everyone agrees that those who have Covid-19 should actually not go out and harm the rest of the population," he told a television programme. "If we give Covid-19 positive people freedom and let them roam…