After being decommissioned last week, the Territory’s Check In CBR app has been upgraded to include a new health screening tool for high-risk facilities.
Announced by Minister for Health, Rachel Stephen-Smith, the upgraded app is to be available for voluntary use from tomorrow (20 May).
Ms Stephen-Smith said the upgrade would also provide a direct link to ACT Health’s online form for recording positive rapid antigen test results.
“We’re encouraging Canberrans to keep the Check In CBR app on their phones and make use of these new features when they need them,” Ms Stephen-Smith said.
“The health screening tool will allow high-risk facilities such as hospitals, residential aged care facilities, disability services and correctional facilities that often have separate screening and check-in methods to use one tool to screen and automatically check-in visitors,” she said.
“The screening tool is consistent across facilities, easy to use and takes advantage of Canberrans’ familiarity with the Check In CBR app,” she said.
“This tool will be available for voluntary use by high-risk facilities that currently undertake health screening for staff, consumers and visitors, with data securely stored by ACT Health and deleted after 28 days, like other Check In CBR data.”
Ms Stephen-Smith said any organisation wishing to use the new health screening tool would need to apply for a new QR code.
The Minister said the new code would automatically launch the health screening function when someone checked in using the app.
She took the opportunity to announce the extension of the Public Health Emergency Declaration for a further 90 days, with the ACT continuing to record around 1,000 COVID-19 cases per day.
“This level of community transmission still poses a risk to more vulnerable community members,” Ms Stephen-Smith said.
“We anticipate that the upcoming winter will bring additional challenges, as people spend more time indoors and the health care system deals with both COVID and influenza in the community,” she said.
“It is therefore vital that the ACT Government has the ability to respond quickly should this be required over the coming months – for example, if a new variant presents additional risk.”
