Tag: QR Code tracing

NHS contact tracing app to use simple QR code scans

Stephanie Beck
NHS contact tracing app - Mobile phone displaying COVID-10 app designed for contact tracing

The new application is designed to reduce the need for physical contact while keeping track of public interactions. The long-awaited NHS contact tracing app has finally been unveiled for people in England and Wales to download. The goal is to use easy QR code scans to help keep on top of where exposures have occurred. This is the second version of the app, the first of which was originally tested on the Isle of Wight. Since the original test in May, the NHS contact tracing app has undergone two substantial…

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Woolworths QR code contact tracing strategy to reduce chance of COVID-19 spread

L. Green
QR Code contact tracing - Woolworths supermarket

The grocery chain is also using mobile commerce tools to let customers book a shopping time. Woolworths has announced that it will start a pilot test of a QR code contact tracing strategy. It will also use its Rewards data where possible to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 among its shoppers. Customers can volunteer to take part in this tracing initiative by scanning a quick response code. To take part in Woolworth’s QR code contact tracing trial, customers will be offered the opportunity to scan a quick response barcode…

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Hanoi city implements QR code tracing service for fresh fruits and veggies

Julie Campbell
QR code tracing fruit

The pilot program will roll out to help customers trace the origins of the produce they’re buying. Hanoi has announced details regarding a new pilot QR code tracing program meant to help improve consumer health. The service will make it possible for quick response codes to track the origins of agricultural products. The details have only just been released for the program that will be rolling out as a pilot this year. The Hanoi People’s Committee released a plan for the QR code tracing program which begins in the city…

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