China News Service, Hong Kong, October 24. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced a few days ago that, with the exception of exempt persons, from November 1st, people entering government buildings and facilities must use "Travel with peace of mind."

The Director of the Civil Service Bureau of the Special Administrative Region Government, Nie Dequan, said on the 24th that the epidemic prevention measures must have "new tricks" and will not remain unchanged.

  According to the new arrangement, except for the elderly under the age of 12 or 65 or over, or people with disabilities who are inconvenient to use the "Travel with Peace" mobile app, all other people must use it when entering government buildings and facilities. "Travel with peace of mind."

The above-mentioned exempt persons must fill in the form and leave relevant information.

  When announcing the arrangements, the SAR government stated that it hopes to take the lead and encourage different private companies to implement the requirements of "travel with peace of mind" more extensively and rigorously.

  Currently, the Hong Kong Hospital Authority (HA) has followed the relevant arrangements.

In response to media enquiries earlier, the Hospital Authority stated that, with the exception of exempt persons, entering the headquarters of the Hospital Authority and the administrative building of public hospitals from November 1st must use the "Travel with Peace" mobile application to scan the QR code of the place.

In the actual situation where the operation is feasible and does not affect the provision of emergency services, people visiting other areas of public hospitals must also use "Travel with peace of mind".

  When meeting with the media on the 24th, Nie Dequan said that more than 5 million citizens have downloaded "Travel with peace of mind".

The mobile application can quickly find people who have been together in the same place and play an important role in epidemic prevention.

  Nie Dequan said that the major principle and purpose of the anti-epidemic work is to hope that Hong Kong will return to normal as soon as possible, and be able to resume quarantine-free exchanges with the mainland, and can communicate with the world.

To achieve this goal, it is indispensable to do a good job in "foreign importation", to effectively track high-risk people when local cases occur, and to increase the COVID-19 vaccination rate.

  Nie Dequan called on the people of Hong Kong to jointly fight the epidemic for the overall interests of Hong Kong.

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