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Anne-Marie Jones, pictured with her son Chase, 6, says her phone can t scan QR codes and many businesses have got rid of pen and paper registers.
Low-income and elderly communities are being forgotten about when it comes to contact tracing, vulnerable Kiwis say. Scanning a QR code with New Zealand’s Covid Tracer app requires a smartphone newer than Android 6.0 or an iPhone with IOS 11, and many businesses are relying on this as the only method to track people s movement under Ministry of Health guidelines. Some lower-income and elderly Kiwis do not have smartphones, and businesses are not required to provide alternatives like a sign-in sheet unless alert level 2 or higher is in place.