Australia will develop the capability to use payment records in the service of coronavirus contact tracing.
A National Contact Tracing Review released last Friday called for a raft of information technology responses to the pandemic, on grounds that containment of the novel coronavirus will be needed even after a vaccine emerges. The report notes that Australia has generally done very well managing the pandemic, but that some contact tracing efforts still rely on handwritten records and contact details are inconsistently recorded in public venues such as restaurants.
Complicating matters is that Australia’s eight State and Territory provide contact tracing services, with the Commonwealth government operating less hands-on services like the COVIDsafe national contact tracing app and directing the overall pandemic response.
The report therefore sets out “an optimal contact tracing and outb ..
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