According to the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre, when filling in the local residential address in the “Macao Health Code” app, some members of the public have checked the option “Give consent to the Health Bureau to retrieve personal information from the Identification Services Bureau if registered address falls into the affected area(s)” without updating their address with the Identification Services Bureau (DSI) in advance; as a result, their Macao Health Code was converted into a red or yellow code for wrong address information during the implementation of anti-epidemic management and control.

To avoid the inconvenience caused by the above situation, starting from 9 November (next Wednesday), the aforementioned option will be automatically removed from the “Macao Health Code” app. The public must fill in their correct and up-to-date residential address in Macao then, in order to generate a health code.

The Response and Coordination Centre reminds that, to cooperate with the SAR Government’s zone-specific, multi-level targeted approach to epidemic prevention and control, the public must provide their correct residential address on the “Macao Health Code” app. This information is intended to be used for the timely identification of individuals in the affected areas should an outbreak arise in Macao. For this purpose, starting from 3 November, the Social Welfare Bureau will provide assistance in its social service centres for persons who have troubles updating or inputting their usual place of residence.