Aylesbury businesses will have to display QR code as part of Coronavirus measures

The rules have been introduced today, with steep penalties for those who don't follow them.
Businesses will now have to display the QR codeBusinesses will now have to display the QR code
Businesses will now have to display the QR code

The Covid-19 contact-tracing app launches across England and Wales today, September 24.

The app lets people scan barcode-like QR codes to register visits to hospitality venues and will use Apple and Google's method of detecting other smartphones.

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Digitally checking in won’t be mandatory, and venues must maintain a paper log to serve those who can’t, or won’t, use the NHS app.

But for those who do, it will be as easy as opening the app and scanning a QR code which the venue will have printed out and displayed prominently near the entrance.

It is part of the Government's new track and trace measures.

People are also being encouraged to download the NHS contact tracing app, which has been previously trialled on the Isle of Wight and the east London borough of Newham.

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The app was given a complete overhaul this summer to adopt a framework created by Apple and Google, after the first attempt to build an independent one failed to deliver on iPhones.

If you have customers or visitors to sign in then find out here how to get your posters made & displayed: https://crowd.in/uBmghq The government say:

You should create and display a QR code if you are:

- a business, place of worship or community organisation with a physical location that is open to the public

- an event which is taking place in a physical location

- If you have more than one venue, you need to create a separate QR code for each location. You can add multiple locations in the service.