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TraceTogether check-ins to be compulsory at public venues in S'pore by end-December

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Visitors to locations including restaurants, workplaces, schools and shopping malls will have to use TraceTogether to enter by the end of the year.

 

SINGAPORE - By the end of December, checking in with the TraceTogether app or token will be mandatory at all popular venues, including restaurants, workplaces, schools and shopping malls, as Singapore prepares to enter phase three of its reopening.

 

It means members of the public will no longer be able to gain entry to these places by scanning SafeEntry QR codes with their phone cameras, or through the SingPass mobile app or barcodes on their NRIC. SafeEntry is the nation's digital check-in system mandated at all these places.

 

They must instead use either the TraceTogether app or token.

 

Mandatory use of TraceTogether will start at cinemas, which is among venues with activities that involve larger groups of people.

Revealing this at a virtual press conference on Tuesday (Oct 20), the multi-ministry task force tackling Covid-19 said that the measure aims to get at least 70 per cent of Singapore's population on the TraceTogether programme, a contact-tracing technology to detect the people who had been in close proximity with Covid-19 patients.

 

Having 70 per cent of Singapore's population using TraceTogether is one of the conditions that has to be met for Singapore to enter phase three, said Education Minister Lawrence Wong, co-chair of the task force.

 
 

"When we have both a higher take-up rate of TT (TraceTogether) and wider deployment of TT-only SafeEntry... and community transmission throughout this period remains low, then there is a good chance of us entering phase three... by the end of the year," he said.

 

Other venues with mandatory TraceTogether check-in will also include those with live performances, business events and places of worship with more than 100 people, said the Smart Nation and Digital Government Group (SNDGG).

 

The TraceTogether app includes a function for scanning SafeEntry QR codes, while the tokens sport a QR code with a similar function.

 

Mr Wong noted that only about 2.5 million people, or 45 per cent of the population, are currently using either the TraceTogether app or token.

 

"We would like that to be higher, for TraceTogether to be effective," he said.

 

There are already 38 community centres today distributing tokens. By end November, TraceTogether  tokens will be made available at all 108 community centres islandwide.

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5 minutes ago, The_King said:

 

 

just bring it whenever you go and there way to block the signal 

 

Must use it to scan in entry or what?

 

Some other black bird asked, If use an identical BT5.99 earphone charger (same size), can Ahem ahem...... :hmm:

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nb, can anyone tell me if the cases r in the single digit as announced by moh, then why the need to have this token for the whole population when the existing safe entry will suffice????

 

this roll-out exercise doesnt justify the cost if the existing mechanism is alrdy doing a good job in stemming the spread.

 

real is waste of money.

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17 minutes ago, socrates469bc said:

nb, can anyone tell me if the cases r in the single digit as announced by moh, then why the need to have this token for the whole population when the existing safe entry will suffice????

 

this roll-out exercise doesnt justify the cost if the existing mechanism is alrdy doing a good job in stemming the spread.

 

real is waste of money.

cos spend money make liao. forcing ppl to take so that ppl wont say they waste money and lose face ma. 

nobody will say they take so long to come out with this shit when pandemic is almost over.

then will say this will "better prepared" us for the next pandemic. 

just like ah long says we have 10 yrs to prepare since SARS thats why we have only 50k cases else maybe whole singapore kena liao WAHAHAHAHAHA

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19 minutes ago, socrates469bc said:

nb, can anyone tell me if the cases r in the single digit as announced by moh, then why the need to have this token for the whole population when the existing safe entry will suffice????

 

this roll-out exercise doesnt justify the cost if the existing mechanism is alrdy doing a good job in stemming the spread.

 

real is waste of money.


Like this go peace centre 怎么办？？

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6 minutes ago, meng.huat said:

i see insecurity by the govt.

 

safe entry not good enough? die die must redundancy with trace together?

 

i been resisting trace together since launch. only use phone to scan QR code to enter places.

safe entry is not good enough cos not everyone got smart phone to scan QR code. then some places no IC scanner also so lan lan have to standardize lor

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4 minutes ago, ManOfTheHour said:

safe entry is not good enough cos not everyone got smart phone to scan QR code. then some places no IC scanner also so lan lan have to standardize lor

Safe entry so easy to fake. Just point and press your phone can liao. If you hard working then screen shot one checked in page and just flash that.

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