Starting from June 1, use of the TraceTogether app or token will be the sole means of digital check-in for the purpose of contact tracing at places with higher footfall or where people are likely to be close to one another.
Known as the TraceTogether-only SafeEntry (TT-only SE), it will be implemented at shopping malls, workplaces, places of worship, educational institutions, restaurants and gyms. This comes after more than 90 per cent of the population have either downloaded the TraceTogether app or collected the TraceTogether token.
The existing requirement for SafeEntry check-ins at supermarkets and large retail outlets with operating hours similar to the malls and buildings in which they are located will also be removed when TraceTogether is used for registering check-ins. This set-up is known as TraceTogether-only SafeEntry (TT-only SE).
TraceTogether app and SafeEntry check-in mechanism have helped the authorities reduce the average time taken to contract-trace from four days to fewer than a day and a half. TraceTogether has recently helped to identify 75 persons who had to be placed under quarantine, but would likely not have been picked up through a manual contact-tracing process.