26 Mar 2021

Dunedin QR code scanning 'concerningly low'

From Midday Report, 12:46 pm on 26 March 2021

An Otago University study has revealed "concerningly low" numbers of people scanning Covid-19 QR codes. Medical students monitored people entering bars, churches and supermarkets in Dunedin, finding at nearly a third of venues, no visitors scanned in at all. Otago University's Associate Professor Lianne Parkin ran the audit. She spoke to Susie Ferguson.