The low check-in rates in venues across Sydney sees up to 30 inspectors, with the power to issue $5,000 on-the-spot fines, visit sites.
Businesses in Bondi and Coogee are among those being visited by officials following a drop in the use of QR codes.The COVID-safety compliance blitz runs until June 30The compliance blitz, which kicked off on Wednesday, is in response to the state's two new COVID-19 cases and concerns over the low check-in rate at the XOPP restaurant in China Town visited by one of the infected people.
"You only have to turn the TV screens on to know that there is no room for complacency — not even in this great southern land." "You need the QR check-ins to help the contact tracers. Once it goes beyond that no amount of contact tracing is going to help." "The risk we feel will affect whether we check in or not, and whether we bring a mask or not," Dr Southerton said.
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