Along with the NSW trial, Tasmania will also begin a home-based quarantine trial for residents returning from regional New South Wales next week.
The NSW government has announced the state will undergo a trial of home-based quarantine for people arriving in Australia based around a mobile app using geolocation and face recognition. The pilot will be jointly operated by NSW Health and NSW Police and entails a seven-day home-based quarantine program for around 175 people. It will be run across a four-week period and commence sometime this month. The app will use geolocation and face recognition technology to monitor whether a person is complying with the state’s quarantine rules. It will also provide people with a testing schedule and symptom checker. The government added that the mobile app would be supplied by random in-person checks and penalties would be doled out to individuals who breach their isolation during home-based quarantine. Elsewhere: Technology could make fighting COVID less restrictive but privacy will take a hit The mobile app is based on one that is already being trialled in South Australia, the NSW government said in a statement.
