Passengers arriving in Hong Kong must wear a bracelet and download a smartphone app, as the city tries to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
Starting at midnight on Mar. 19, Hong Kong will put all arriving passengers under a two-week quarantine and medical surveillance in an attempt to prevent more spread of the COVID-19 disease.
Declan Chan received a wristband upon returning to Hong Kong to monitor his movement while under 14-day quarantine.Hong Kong is using electronic wristbands as part of its effort to enforce quarantines and reduce the spread of the new coronavirus.that starting at midnight on March 19, it is putting all arriving passengers under a two-week quarantine and medical surveillance.
"I was just expecting we'd have to fill out a form. I didn't realize there would be a wristband," he told CNBC by phone from his Hong Kong home, while under quarantine.
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