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ONLY just over half of regional Victorians have the COVIDSafe app installed on their phones five months after its launch, according to a new Roy Morgan poll.
\nThe COVIDSafe app \u2013 which is voluntary \u2013 recognises other devices with the same app installed and Bluetooth enabled.
\nIt notes the date, time, distance and duration of the contact and the other user\u2019s reference code, but does not collect the location.
\nWhen someone is diagnosed with COVID-19, state health officials will ask them or their parent\/guardian who they have been in contact with. If the person has the COVIDSafe app and provides their permission, the encrypted contact information from the app will be uploaded to a secure information storage system.
\nThe Coalition has been talking up COVIDSafe since its launch on April 26, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Health Minister Greg Hunt both explicitly linking large numbers of people downloading the app to a further easing of coronavirus restrictions.
\nMore than 7 million people have downloaded COVIDSafe, but it is not clear how many of those people are still actively using it. The app has also had some technical problems.
\nAccording to the sixth Roy Morgan Snap SMS survey on Victoria\u2019s Stage 4 restrictions, carried out on October 5-6 with nearly 2,200 respondents, found 53 per cent of Victorians outside Melbourne and 57 per cent of Melburnians had downloaded COVIDSafe<\/a>.
\n\u201cThe real value of the COVIDSafe app depends on everyone having it on their phone. This poll suggests that there is a way to go before those without the app see value in it \u2013 for them,\u201d Roy Morgan chief executive officer Michele Levine said.
\nTwo-thirds of LNP supporters (67 per cent) have COVIDSafe installed on their phone, a far higher rate than either ALP supporters (54 per cent) or Greens supporters (56 per cent).
\nAbout 65 per cent of Victorians aged 65 and older have the app on their phone \u2013 the highest penetration rate of any age group, ahead of 55 per cent of people aged 50-64 and 54 per cent of those aged under 50.
\nThe poll also found Victorians want shopping centres to have the right to refuse entry to people not wearing masks and those who won\u2019t take a temperature check
\nOnly 22 per cent of respondents believed a person should be refused entry into a shopping centre if they refused to have COVIDSafe on their phone.
\nThis contrasts strongly with Victorian views on masks and temperature checks – 90 per cent say people not wearing a mask should be refused entry to a shopping centre; and 87 per cent say people who refuse a temperature check should be refused entry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ONLY just over half of regional Victorians have the COVIDSafe app installed on their phones five months after its launch, according to a new Roy Morgan poll. The COVIDSafe app \u2013 which is voluntary \u2013 recognises other devices with the same app installed and Bluetooth enabled. It notes the date, time, distance and duration of […]<\/p>\n

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