NZ COVID Tracer app updated

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An update to the Government's NZ COVID Tracer app will be released this evening to provide more functions for users.

These will allow:

• users to choose to be notified if they’ve visited a venue at the same time as someone who subsequently developed COVID-19
• users can choose to send their digital diary to contact tracers if required
• there will be a vibrate mode when scanning QR codes to assist those who are visually impaired.

The app will automatically update to include these features unless updates have been disabled on the user’s phone.

The app continues to protect the privacy of all users. The notification feature does not involve sending any location data from the user's phone to the Ministry.

More detailed information about the app is on the Ministry’s website at http://www.health.govt.nz/NZ-COVID-Tracer.

NZ COVID Tracer has now recorded 541,000 registrations – that’s an increase of 6,000 since this time yesterday.

We continue to encourage as many people as possible to download and use the app. This will support our contact tracing efforts in Level 1.

The number of posters created by businesses is now 45,297. The total number of poster scans to date is 816,612.

There are also email addresses to contact our team if people need help.

The mailbox for app feedback is tracingapp-feedback@health.govt.nz.

The mailbox for businesses/organisations who want help with their QR codes is app@tracing.min.health.nz.

Source: Ministry of Health media release, 10 June 2020

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