The architect of the state’s pandemic QR code app admits the “system is not the best customer experience” but anticipates check-in rules will be switched on and off as necessary | lucy_carroll LucyCormack
in Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria had sought to use contact-tracing data on at least six occasions to solve unrelated crimes.NSW has previously ruled out the use of QR-code data by police and public sector agencies, however it would be enshrined in law under the bill, with the provisions having effect despite any other law, including a warrant.
In the first three weeks of October more than 700,000 COVID-19 case alerts were sent to NSW residents via the state’s check-in app. People who receive the alerts are not classed as close or casual contacts, rather the alerts let people know to monitor their symptoms and get tested if unwell. The spokesperson said health authorities continue to “review and adapt [the] approach to contact tracing, to reduce transmission and minimise risks to people most vulnerable to severe disease”.
More than 300 infections were recorded in Canterbury-Bankstown and Cumberland in the past seven days.
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