– Macau and China’s southern Guangdong province have a mutually recognised health code system powered by blockchain
– This allows both sides to validate the health status of travellers without directly exchanging personal data, hence complying with local privacy laws
A source says the system, meant to certify whether a traveller is free of the virus, will not contain transfer of any personal data.
In the early stages of the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Hubei, China, the local health-care system was overwhelmed. Physicians and nurses who had no infectious disease expertise were recruited to provide care to patients with COVID-19. To our knowledge, no studies on their experiences of combating COVID-19 have been published. We aimed to describe the experiences of these health-care providers in the early stages of the outbreak.
