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Department of Health may have failed to warn Telford to disinfect

Summary: Once again, the Department of Health may have failed Hongkongers by neglecting to alert the local community of the confirmed case of Wuhan coronavirus infection. As a result, no extra sanitation measures were taken until after the news broke. At Quality Healthcare at Telford Gardens, where the virus carrier had previously visited, patients needed to cancel their appointments on short notice. The virus may have already spread in his residential area at Hong Ting Court, Lam Tin.

Full translation:
https://telegra.ph/Department-of-Health-may-have-failed-to-warn-Telford-to-disinfect-02-07

Source: Apple Daily
https://bit.ly/39nmN0Z

#LamTin #Coronavirus #DepartmentOfHealth #Telford #WARS #HumanToHumanTransmission
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HK Gov't's COVID-tracing App Keeps Visit Records For Up to 7 Years and Shares Data with Enforcement Personnel

Recently, a revised privacy statement of the Hong Kong government-endorsed COVID-tracing app, #LeaveHomeSafe, showed that users’ visit records would be uploaded to the Department of Health and stored for a period of up to seven years.

The statement also mentioned that such records could be provided to law enforcement agents, aiding their tracking work.

This statement is different from the earlier version in February 2021, in which it stressed that records of users’ visits would only be stored in their handsets and will not be used for other track-and-trace matters.

It seems that users’ visit records have already been sent to the Government database. It was said that users’ visit records lodged via the mobile app would be first collected in the cloud database for statistical reports compilation.

Once a confirmed #COVID19 case is identified, the relevant information is downloaded to the user's mobile phone to track down his/her close contacts.

The new Privacy Statement also stated that in the face of an offence or prosecution, the Privacy Commission could authorize the use of relevant data for enforcement purposes.

Source: Unwire.hk; #Mar24

https://unwire.hk/2021/03/24/stayhomesafeappprivacyongpnermsoft/software/

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