[Explanation] At 9 o'clock on the morning of December 10, the "Hong Kong Health Code" was officially opened for Hong Kong citizens to apply for registration, so as to better cooperate with the joint prevention and control work of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao after the "customs clearance".
Xu Shuchang, an expert consultant to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and a lecturer of respiratory system at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency that the "Hong Kong Health Code" not only enables safe customs clearance in the three places, but also helps Hong Kong's internal defense rebound.
[Concurrent] Xu Shuchang, expert consultant of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and Chair Professor of Respiratory System of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
This "Hong Kong Health Code" is intended to be used by Hong Kong residents for "customs clearance" with the Mainland in the near future. It provides information including vaccination records, whether you have a negative nucleic acid test report before "passing customs" and it will record that you have had a negative test in the past three weeks. There are no places where there are cases of (new crown pneumonia infection). This measure guarantees that there will be no additional risks to the Mainland due to (Hong Kong) "customs clearance". Another advantage is that it is one of the mechanisms for Hong Kong to prevent internal rebounds. .
[Explanation] It is reported that the "Hong Kong Health Code" adopts real-name registration. After successfully registering, users must upload 21-day travel records and declare their health status online, and then the red, yellow, and green personal "Hong Kong Health Code" determined by the system .
After the quarantine exemption measures for entry into Guangdong Province or Macau are launched, those who hold the valid green "Hong Kong Health Code" on the day and meet other specific conditions can apply for transcoding to the "Yue Kang Code" or "Aokang Code".
[Explanation] Xu Shuchang said that the information provided by the "Hong Kong Health Code" before "customs clearance" serves as a "green light" for the public to enter the mainland safely. I believe this can effectively enhance the confidence of the two places in "customs clearance".
[Concurrent] Xu Shuchang, expert consultant of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and Chair Professor of Respiratory System of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
This data can provide very useful information. Can you turn on the "green light" to pass you through, and if you turn on the "green light" to pass you through, you have to switch to the mainland (health code) version, so the "Hong Kong health code" is also very effective. The method, coupled with the fact that it is a real-name system, I believe it can give confidence to the mainland.
[Explanation] Finally, Xu Shuchang believes that if the mainland and Hong Kong resume orderly "customs clearance", in addition to the "Hong Kong health code", a "circuit breaker" mechanism must also be set up, in case a case of new coronary pneumonia infection is detected in the community, temporarily stop " Clearance".
This is necessary to prevent the spread of the epidemic and protect the health of residents in the two places.
[Concurrent] Xu Shuchang, expert consultant of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and Chair Professor of Respiratory System of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
You need to have a "circuit breaker" mechanism, such as Guangdong Province or Hong Kong. If you have a case of (new coronary pneumonia infection) whose source is unknown in the community, then you need to consider suspending it, otherwise a case of unknown source can derive, especially infection High-sexual variant viruses can spread quickly, so I think the principle is that you have a case of unknown origin, you should stop first, and give 14 or 21 days to figure out what happened. There is really no community spread and you can reopen it.
Reporter Liang Yuan reports from Hong Kong
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]