(Reclaim The Net) Starting this Friday, Hong Kong residents infected with Covid who are quarantined at home will have to wear an electronic tracking bracelet, the health authorities have announced.
The purpose of the measure is to make sure these citizens don’t leave their homes. The announcement was made by Hong Kong’s Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau, and the measure will come into effect on July 15.
This is part of a controversial policy known as “Zero-Covid”, that has been pursued by both Hong Kong and mainland China since the outbreak of the virus (but also some other countries, notably Australia, until last year).
Zero-COVID’s premise is to track down every single infection and thus achieve control and maximum suppression. In doing so, the authorities deploy a variety of tracing and tracking technology, border closures, and quarantine, as well as strict lockdowns.
