Experts Call for Mandatory Use of Victoria’s QR App to Streamline Contact Tracing

Experts Call for Mandatory Use of Victoria’s QR App to Streamline Contact Tracing
A sign reading 'Go straight home and Isolate' is seen at the exit of a drive through COVID-19 testing site at Highpoint shopping centre on July 4, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images
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The Victorian state government is being urged to make its centralised QR tracing app mandatory as pressure mounts for the state to improve its contact tracing system.

The call follows criticism from the Victorian Health Department, who blamed businesses for providing incorrect or incomplete QR code information used for contact tracing during the Holiday Inn Cluster outbreak that resulted in the state’s snap 5-day lockdown.
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Henry Jom is a reporter for The Epoch Times, Australia, covering a range of topics, including medicolegal, health, political, and business-related issues. He has a background in the rehabilitation sciences and is currently completing a postgraduate degree in law. Henry can be contacted at [email protected]
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