Card payment data to be used to track people in coronavirus hotspots

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A review of contact tracing systems says they must be digital from end to end, including more use of check-in apps and data to find who has been at hotspots.

The review said the commonwealth should set up agreements between governments and banks so contact tracers could request details of people who had made a payment at a hotspot venue. This method was used to find passengers of a Sydney taxi driver who caught the virus.Any COVID-19 vaccine will be free for all Australians or Medicare-eligible visa holders. It will not be mandatory.

"Those that are caring for vulnerable people, vulnerable people themselves and those at highest risk of transmission will be at the highest priority," acting Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said. "I'm sure there will be a lot of people that will be queuing up for this vaccine through next year," Professor Kelly said.

But Mr Morrison said hopes of bringing international students back to universities had to be shelved for now while returning Australians took priority. More than 35,000 Australians overseas are still waiting to return.

 

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Guess we must submit to the new world order now to get any semblance of our old lives back *sigh*

Of another fw....decisions....here comes more surveillance!!!! People wake up!!!!! Tomorrow you’ll be f’ed up....your freedom privacy rights are all going...slowly....wake up people!!!!

What a damn disgrace ! This cannot be allowed .

Contact tracing is good but nowhere near excellent, improve improve improve .

Hold on - didn’t ScottyFromMarketing introduce a mobile app for exactly this purpose at great expense to the taxpayer (and of huge financial benefit to one if his cronies)? Whats happening with that? Anybody know?

Parasites Taking Over and Scumo government goes on about China to deflect the rapid demise of democracy in Oz. While scandals unfold the Country becomes train wrecked by Coalition Party

No. Eliminate the virus and have a strong monitored quarantine border regime with testing and regular/widespread testing & strong biosecurity. Stop destroying freedom within Aust.

This will raise some interesting questions.

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