That "health score" will be embedded in a digital QR code accessible on your phone, ready to be scanned whenever needed. Since February, the Chinese government has used a color-based "health code" system to control people's movements and curb the spread of the coronavirus. The health codes can also serve as a tracker for people's movements, as residents have their QR codes scanned as they enter public places. But now, the city government says it wants the "health code" to be "normalized" -- meaning it could be here to stay well beyond the pandemic. "Medical history and health checkup reports are personal privacy, why should they be included in health codes to show others?

Source: CNN May 26, 2020 01:41 UTC