Have You Downloaded The COVID Tracer App?

May 20, 2020

Have You Downloaded The COVID Tracer App?

The Ministry Of Health have designed an app to help aid contact tracing in NZ.  NZ COVID Tracer helps you protect yourself, your friends, your whānau and your community by enabling faster contact tracing by creating a digital diary of the places you visit.

How To Use The App
1. When you open the app you will be asked to enter your email address and create a password
2. You will then receive an email with a 6 digit code that will allow you to complete the registration process. You're now ready to start using the app
3. Simply select the ‘scan’ option and point your camera at any COVID-19 QR code poster so the code fits within the target area. A green tick will show up on the display when the QR code has been scanned successfully
4. The app will create a digital diary of locations you have visited

How The App Supports Contact Tracing
NZ COVID Tracer is designed to support rather than replace existing contact tracing processes. The personal information and contact details you register through NZ COVID Tracer are provided to the National Close Contact Service (NCCS) so they can quickly get in touch if you are identified as a close contact of someone who has COVID-19.

An update to NZ COVID Tracer will be released early next month. This will allow you to electronically transmit a digital diary of the locations you have visited to the NCCS. You will also be able to receive a notification if you have visited a high-risk location, self-report symptoms if you think you may have COVID-19, and carry out a daily health check-in if you are in self-isolation.

Download the app now!
On App store-  https://apps.apple.com/nz/app/id1511667597
Google Play-  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nz.govt.health.covidtracer

Find out more


Share this