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TraceTogether’s token distribution will be progressively expanded to approximately 100 locations across the island, such as in shopping and community centers.
More than 100,000 tokens have been collected since distribution began on Sept. 14 at 20 community centers and clubs in the Jalan Besar and Tanjong Pagar areas, Smart Nation and Digital Government Group said yesterday.
The collection points were deployed at 18 other community centers on Friday, while TraceTogether mobile booths will be installed at various shopping centers over the next several weeks.
The full implementation schedule and list of locations can be found on the TokenGoWhere website at token.gowhere.gov.sg
The public can go to any active distribution point to collect the tokens.
The locally developed TraceTogether program assists with contact tracing efforts by identifying nearby tokens or phones with the app installed, allowing authorities to identify a person’s close contacts if necessary.
The Minister of State for Communications and Information, Janil Puthucheary, reiterated yesterday the Government’s objective of ensuring that at least 70% of the population access TraceTogether, without specifying how many files the Government intends to distribute.
“If we have more than 75 percent of our population in the program, the confidence we have in using this tool for fast and effective contact tracing is transformative,” said Dr. Janil, who visited the TraceTogether booth yesterday. at Bedok Mall.
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He noted that the TraceTogether app has been downloaded around 2.4 million times to date, which would represent about 40 percent of Singapore’s population.
He added that the government is making use of the app or token mandatory for large gatherings and riskier activities as Singapore opens up.
The minister in charge of the Smart Nation initiative, Vivian Balakrishnan, had previously said that a pilot plan that requires people to use the token or app to register at certain locations will start this month.
The app allows users to scan SafeEntry QR codes, while the token comes with its own QR code that can be scanned for entry, similar to how the process works with the barcode on identity cards.
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