The High Court has dismissed a challenge against the vaccine pass, but a judge criticized the zero-Covid strategy as "increasingly out of step." Law Yee-mei filed for a judicial review last month against the vaccine pass for restricting her and unvaccinated people from visiting certain premises. In a written judgment yesterday, Justice Russell Coleman said there is room for people to criticize anti-pandemic measures, but the only relevant question is whether the vaccine pass breaches any principle of public law. But Coleman dismissed the challenge against the vaccine pass as it "strikes a reasonable balance" between the protection of public health and the restriction on individual rights. He noted the vaccine pass expires on December 31 and Hongkongers are not required by the law to get vaccinated.

Source: The Standard March 31, 2022 06:58 UTC