The local government of Quezon City is now requiring all business establishments to use the KyusiPass digital contract tracing app for their employees and consumers as part of its contact tracing efforts amid the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the city.
Mayor Joy Belmonte issued this directive in the revised guidelines released on March 5 in relation to the latest issuances by the Inter-Agency Task Force and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
KyusiPass, an app powered by SafePass, can help the city monitor individuals who visit various establishments within the city.
"As far as practicable, all business establishments in QC must use our KyusiPass app to make contact tracing easier and faster for early detection of the virus,” said Belmonte.
Business owners must secure a dedicated QR Code per establishment from the Business Permits and Licensing Department to tag its location, the mayor said.
“For clarity, a lessee inside a larger establishment, like individual stores inside malls, should have its own contact tracing log,” said Belmonte.
Meanwhile, for those establishments that rely on manual contact tracing are encourage to ask their customers to bring their own pen for filling up health declaration forms.
Copies of these forms should be readily available to the City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (CESU) should contact tracing be necessary.