Covid-19 coronavirus: Snap survey reveals lacklustre tracer app use, expert slams efforts
15 Feb, 2021 09:00 PM
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There are three community Covid-19 cases in South Auckland - a mother, father and daughter from Papatoetoe. New Zealand is still at alert level 1.
There are three community Covid-19 cases in South Auckland - a mother, father and daughter from Papatoetoe. New Zealand is still at alert level 1.
A tracer app expert has slammed New Zealand for its lacklustre Covid-19 tracer efforts and says no one is immune from the potentially deadly virus. It comes after a snap Bay of Plenty Times survey
Covid 19 coronavirus: Govt considering making tracer app use mandatory
16 Feb, 2021 08:00 PM
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All the major coronavirus events of 2021.
In a bid to boost the number of people scanning the Covid-19 tracer app, the Government is actively considering mandating its use.
More than two million people are registered for the app nationwide but the January average of scans per day fell to just 465,000.
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One of the reasons the Government had been hesitant to make using the app compulsory was the potential compliance cost, particularly for small businesses, Hipkins said. We will certainly be looking at how we can encourage greater uptake and I m not ruling anything out at this point.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Three out of 20 people use QR code at Rotorua mall entrance on day one of level 2
15 Feb, 2021 06:46 PM
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Three out of 20 people signed in with the QR code at the Amohau St entrance to the Rotorua Central Mall in a 15 minute period. Photo / File
Three out of 20 people signed in with the QR code at the Amohau St entrance to the Rotorua Central Mall in a 15 minute period. Photo / File
A tracer app expert has slammed New Zealand for its lacklustre Covid-19 tracer efforts and says no one is immune from the potentially deadly virus.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Tracer app use not high enough if there were to be an outbreak
12 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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A timeline of Coronavirus in 2020. Graphic / Phil Welch / Nathan Meek
New Zealanders lacklustre Covid-19 tracer app use means contact tracers would not be able to do their job properly if an outbreak occurred today. The number of daily scans - QR code and manual entries - has fallen since its peak of 2.5 million in September to around 500,000 in recent weeks.
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Ministry of Health data shows there were only 407,301 scans in the 24 hours from 1pm on Saturday, January 9 - the most recent day available.