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NZ COVID Tracer

7.0.0 for Android
3.0 | 1,000,000+ Installs | Reviews

Ministry of Health NZ

Description of NZ COVID Tracer

NZ COVID Tracer is the Ministry of Health’s official contact tracing mobile app. It helps you protect your friends, whānau and community by enabling faster contact tracing.
Help contact tracing go faster by creating a private digital diary of the places you visit. Scan the official QR codes wherever you see them and add manual entries for your visits to other places.
Use Bluetooth Tracing to enable the Exposure Notification System on your phone.
Sign up for contact alerts in case you’ve checked into a location at the same time as someone with COVID-19, or exchanged anonymous Bluetooth keys with someone with COVID-19.
If you’re found to have COVID-19, you can share your digital diary with contact tracers. This will help us identify whether any of your friends, whānau or community members may have also been exposed, so we can respond quickly and stop any further spread of the virus in New Zealand.
If you test positive for COVID-19, you can also upload your anonymous Bluetooth Tracing keys so that other app users who have been close to you will be quickly notified. This helps to keep your friends, whanau and community safe without compromising on your privacy.
Register your contact information so contact tracers can get in touch if they need to.
The Ministry of Health has worked closely with the Privacy Commissioner and independent security experts during the development of NZ COVID Tracer to ensure your privacy and data security are protected.
Your digital diary will be stored securely on your phone and deleted automatically after 60 days. Any personal information you choose to share with contact tracers will be used only for public health purposes and never for enforcement.
Information about who you have encountered using Bluetooth Tracing will never leave your phone and is automatically deleted after 14 days.
Visit www.health.govt.nz/NZ-COVID-Tracer for further information.

What's New with NZ COVID Tracer 7.0.0

This release removes the optional sign-up feature.

Information

  • Category:
    Health & Fitness
  • Latest Version:
    7.0.0
  • Updated:
    2022-12-11
  • File size:
    63.5MB
  • Requirements:
    Android 6.0 or later
  • Developer:
    Ministry of Health NZ
  • ID:
    nz.govt.health.covidtracer
  • Available on:
  • NZ COVID Tracer
    NZ COVID Tracer 6.1.1
    21.2MB
    2022-04-07
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  • NZ COVID Tracer
    NZ COVID Tracer 6.1.0
    33.4MB
    2021-12-14
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  • NZ COVID Tracer
    NZ COVID Tracer 6.0.0
    18.4MB
    2021-07-27
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Reviews
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    Ever since the latest update, the qr scanner won't work. I have to manually enter everything which is a huge hindrance. Looks like many others have the same issue. I have a Oneplus 6T latest OS
    2020-10-23 09:18
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    The app used to work but for the last week or so the app refuses to scan any of the QR codes. Like others I have tried signing out and back in, uninstalling and reinstalling the app and still it doesn't work. App is running Android 10 on a brand new Redmi Note 9 Pro. I've taken to either taking a picture of the poster or doing manual entries; taking the photo is quicker, but obviously defeats the purpose for what the app was created for
    2020-10-23 07:06
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    Stopped working a few weeks ago, not sure why. Have confirm I can scan the barcode with a different app, works fine. Just the covid tracer one that doesn't work. Phone is a OnePlus 7pro. Tried reinstalling, no difference.
    2020-10-23 06:40
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    If it doesn't scan successfully in 5 seconds. It's useless and I wont bother. And can you stop sending reminders, seeing your non urgent notification freaks people out! Otherwise I'm deleting it and maybe start a new cluster up.
    2020-10-23 04:03
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    Was working great - no trouble scanning or making entries. But in the last few weeks can't get it to scan anything! Your website says a small number of users with certain phones can't scan - would say it's more than a small number given your reviews and media reports of low numbers of scanning!
    2020-10-23 02:33
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    Downloaded this app for the first time as got a new phone. Scanning QR codes never works, tried different codes at different places. Even uninstall and reinstalled same problem. Many other reviews stating same problem. Defeats the whole purpose of the app and keeping community safe if its primary function doesn't work. This will discourage people using it even more.
    2020-10-23 12:29