Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for a "global mechanism" that would use QR codes to open up international travel.
"We need to further harmonise policies and standards and establish 'fast tracks' to facilitate the orderly flow of people," he said.
The codes will be used to help establish a traveller's health status.
But Human Rights advocates warn that the codes could be used for "broader political monitoring and exclusion".Mr Xi made the comments at the G20 summit, an online meeting of heads of state from the world's 20 largest economies, which was hosted by Saudi Arabia over the weekend.
He said the codes could be used to recognise "health certificates based on nucleic acid test results", according to a transcript published by Chinese state news agency Xinhua.
Mr Xi didn't go into further detail about how the travel scheme might work, or how closely it would be modelled on China's QR code apps, which have been used to help contain the virus on the mainland.
"We hope more countries will join this mechanism," he added.
QR codes are bar codes that can be read by mobile phones. Under the scheme China has employed since February, users are issued a traffic-light style health code, with a green code allowing someone to travel freely, and an orange or red code indicating that they need to quarantine for up to two weeks.
2 comments:
Love all your informative Articles Scott!! As far as China, shame on them is all that comes to mind since all they have done to push evil, spread chaos with virus on steroids, both hyped & real!
America needs to stop being influenced by Communist Countries, co-dependent on their methods of madness, and instead seek what, under our Constitutional Laws, our rights, is best for this Nation, in my opinion!
Scott keep up the good work with your wonderful site, because in correlation to Biblical Prophecy with regards to toleration of man's evil quest to leave God out of their equation, those whom know the Lord desire "Truths" and understand, God is in control!!
Right now, we are on the cutting edge in America as to which way this Election goes, how to prepare for the worst, but pray, hope, for the best! "Happy Thanksgiving" to ALL! (:
thanks, and yes, good point in the truth...Who would have imagined that the truth would be so elusive at this point - one of the signs, but for almost everything these days the truth is hidden and buried while lies propagate almost without question.....More stepping stones into the Tribulation era.
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