The Government’s much-hyped tracing app is not fit for
purpose and doesn’t fulfil the requirements of the law,
National’s Health spokesperson Michael Woodhouse
says.
“The Prime Minister teased the contact tracing
app as an alternative to giving your details to a business,
but the Ministry of Health has admitted it is not a
substitute for signing a contact tracing register at a
restaurant.
“Once again we have a disconnect between
what the Prime Minister has said and what the official
guidance says. This has the potential to cause confusion for
thousands of businesses just trying to do the right
thing.
“The Prime Minister should use her daily
platform to provide clarity. The risk now is that businesses
believe the app is a replacement for keeping a contact
tracing register, only to be pulled up by the Ministry when
they don’t have one.
“The Government has clearly
rushed out an app at the taxpayers’ expense that doesn’t
meet the Public Health Order and can’t even be used as the
Prime Minister claims.
“Once again this is a
first-rate announcement and a third-rate
delivery.”
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