Beijing local authorities in some communities recently asked residents returning from domestic trips to wear COVID-19 monitoring bracelets. The orders drew wide criticism from the public over escalated government surveillance.
According to mainland Chinese media Caixin, a female Beijing resident who returned from Guangdong on July 13 was told by the community office that she must quarantine at home for seven days. At 1 a.m., a community staffer came to give her an electronic monitoring bracelet and asked her to download the “Wei Health” app to upload the data collected by the bracelet. She was told she had to wear it throughout the quarantine period so that it could measure her body temperature….