(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Hong Kong Increases Use of "Travel with Peace of Mind" Officials Called an Important Part of Epidemic Prevention and Fighting

　　China News Service, Hong Kong, October 31. Starting from November 1, Hong Kong citizens must use the "Travel with Peace" mobile application to scan the QR code of the place before entering the SAR government facilities.

The Director of the Civil Service Bureau of the Special Administrative Region Government, Nie Dequan, said in a meeting with the media on October 31 that the new arrangement is an important part of the epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic measures. It is hoped that the public can understand the reasons for the implementation of this measure.

　　Nie Dequan said that the use of "travel with peace of mind" can ensure that if there are confirmed cases or close contacts in the place in the future, people who have visited can be quickly found and notified to them, so as to control the epidemic and reduce related public health risks.

　　Nie Dequan said that "Travel with peace of mind" has more than 6 million downloads, and it is believed that it will not be difficult for most people to use it. People under the age of 12 or over 65 and people with disabilities are exempted from using it, but they must fill in the information.

The SAR government will implement new arrangements according to operational needs, service targets and actual conditions, pay close attention to the implementation, and then decide how to improve.

　　He mentioned that there are a lot of people in the market and there is a public health risk. Therefore, the new arrangement of "travel with peace of mind" will be implemented. In the early stage, supporting measures will be used to facilitate the public as much as possible, and then education and persuasion will be used to make the public get used to it.

　　Nie Dequan called on citizens to fight the epidemic together and increase the coverage rate of the new crown vaccine.

He believes that Hong Kong has basically maintained the "clearance" of local confirmed cases. This is based on the significant reduction in the exchanges between citizens and overseas or the Mainland, and the effectiveness of social distancing measures.

However, the severe global epidemic still poses a risk to Hong Kong.

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