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SINGAPORE – Roughly 70 percent of Singapore residents are now participating in the national contact tracing program TraceTogether (TT), meeting a goal the government had previously set for the country to enter phase three of its reopening.
But authorities will not roll out TraceTogether-only SafeEntry in places like movie theaters and shopping malls until everyone has had a chance to collect their TT token or download the app, the minister in charge of the Smart Nation Initiative Vivian Balakrishnan said on Wednesday. from December). ).
Dr. Balakrishnan, who is also Minister of Foreign Affairs, said on Wednesday (December 23) that 70 percent of the residents here are users of the TT app or TT token as of Monday.
“We have exceeded the 70 percent participation rate on TraceTogether. There have been more than two million people who have downloaded the app and signed up and are using it,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a token distribution exercise. TT in Kampong. Kembangan Community Club in Eunos.
“Also, since September 14, when we started the distribution of the TraceTogether tokens, we have distributed around 1.75 million tokens so far. So that’s a significant number and I am very grateful for the trust and confidence of Singaporeans. “
On October 20, Education Minister Lawrence Wong, who co-chairs the ministerial working group leading Singapore’s response to Covid-19, said for the first time that the 70 percent target was among the requirements before Singapore it could move to the third phase of reopening its economy.
The other conditions are having secure management compliance and sufficient testing capabilities.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had announced on December 14 that Singapore would enter this long-awaited phase next Monday (December 28).
In this new stage, social gatherings of up to eight people will be allowed in public, compared to the current five, and homes can receive up to eight visitors. Capacity limits will also be lowered in public places such as shopping malls, attractions and places of worship.
SafeEntry, the nation’s digital registry system, is currently mandatory in all of these places, but when the new rule goes into effect, people must use the TT app or token. The application includes a function to scan SafeEntry QR codes, while the tokens have a QR code with a similar function.
TT tokens have been distributed to the public since September in CCs and since the end of October, they have been distributed in one district at a time to avoid long lines.
The TraceTogether application and the token work by exchanging short-distance Bluetooth signals with other nearby TraceTogether applications or tokens. This proximity data, which is encrypted and stored for 25 days before being automatically deleted, enables quick contact tracing.
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