Coronavirus: Hong Kong will drop vaccine pass scheme and Covid app ‘at an appropriate time’, senior health official says

Hong Kong will drop its vaccine pass scheme and risk-exposure app “at an appropriate time”, a senior health official has said amid mounting calls for more drastic easing of coronavirus restrictions.

Undersecretary for Health Libby Lee Ha-yun on Friday offered a glimpse into future policy directions for the city’s pandemic fight, a day after authorities cut the isolation and quarantine period for infected persons and close contacts to five days from seven.