From December 01, QR codes are displayed at a range of businesses and other public locations in South Australia.
If you are visiting these places, you need to check in to the location to make it easier for SA Health to find where people have been in the event of a coronavirus outbreak. If your business has a COVID-Safe Plan, you will have been emailed the codes to display at your entrances.
A QR code is a machine-readable barcode matrix that looks like this:
Any business or venue required to have a completed COVID-Safe Plan must display posters displaying the unique QR code provided by the SA Government, including recreational transport.
Each business must use its “best endeavours” to ensure visitors check in. People who refuse to comply with a request to check in may be denied entry.
The businesses captured by the new direction to provide QR codes are those which undertake the following “defined public activities”:
Venues are also required to have a paper log of attendance as a back-up.
If your child attends a venue with you, they don’t need to check in.
According to the SA Government, the data will be stored centrally in a “secured and encrypted database” in the Department of Premier and Cabinet. Information will not be held by individual businesses — apart from the paper back-ups for those who do not have smartphones.
The Government has committed to holding the data for no more than 28 days and only releasing it to SA Health for official contact tracing purposes. If used for contact tracing, the data will be kept for as long as is needed for those purposes, but no longer than the pandemic remains.
See the original article on the ABC website.
At this time in South Australia it is not mandatory for the general community, but it is recommended to wear a mask when out in public if you are unable to physically distance.
Try to get into the habit of always having a face mask handy and wearing one when you’re out and about. If you’re heading to the supermarket, for example, it’s a very good idea to wear one.
Given the amount of public contact they have on a day-to-day basis, we recommend you encourage your drivers to wear face masks, if they’re not already doing so.
You can find lots of information about face mask use, such as how to wear and fit them and the best type to use, on the SA Health website.