24 November 2021
To All Licensees/Persons-in-charge of Commercial Bathhouse
Updating "QR Code Verification Scanner" Mobile App
Pursuant to the current specification and directions under the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), premises operators must use the "QR Code Verification Scanner" mobile app provided by the Government to scan the customers' QR codes of their COVID-19 vaccination records for checking whether the customers have complied with the relevant requirement about vaccination.
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) has updated the “QR Code Verification Scanner” mobile app to enable users to read the QR codes for vaccination records of the third dose of COVID-19 vaccines. Should a customer choose to bring along his/her record of having received the third dose of vaccine, the updated “QR Code Verification Scanner” mobile app will be able to read it. This facilitates the premises operator to conduct compliance check according to the relevant directions and let the customer to gain admission to the relevant premises.
In order to read the QR codes of customers who have received the third dose of COVID-19 vaccines, premises operators are required to update the “QR Code Verification Scanner” mobile app (version 3.9.0a for Android mobile devices and version 3.10.0 for iOS mobile devices) as soon as possible. The FEHD has also updated the related information on the FEHD's “vaccine bubble” thematic webpage.
It is of utmost importance that licensees and operators of premises should always observe and comply with the latest directions in a concerted and persistent manner. The FEHD would take stringent enforcement actions against offenders in defiance of legislation on prevention and control of diseases as well as environmental hygiene and food safety issues.
Early Vaccination for All!
