Mid Coast residents and business can help stop the spread of COVID-19 by using the new Service NSW Safe Check-in QR code.
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Registering your details when you visit some businesses is a COVID-19 requirement and is vital in stopping the spread of COVID-19.
Checking in allows NSW Health to contact you quickly to ensure outbreaks are contained.
Simply download the Service NSW app on your phone - you might already have it there with your driver's licence.
Then look out for businesses that are displaying a Service NSW Safe Check-in QR code.
When you scan, you won't even need to enter your details.
The check-in automatically records the date, time and location, and stores these details securely on a NSW Government database for the sole purpose of COVID-19 contact tracing.
After 28 days the data is destroyed.
The new app is convenient for customers, and also provides a big benefit for businesses.
"It takes away much of the work required for mandatory record keeping - when your customers register via the COVID Safe check in, they've satisfied the COVID-19 check-in requirements," MidCoast Council economic development co-ordinator, Robyn Brennan said.
Businesses can register and receive their QR code on the NSW Government COVID-safe website.
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