No more contact tracing in Victoria?

If I'm reading correct there is no more tracing in Victoria. If that's the case, do we still need to QR code in everywhere we go?

-Jamie

Hi there. I am really confused. If state-managed contact tracing has stopped now in Vic then why are we still required to check in? I understand we need to show our vaccination certificate but isn’t checking in at say retail premises and at restaurants becomes completely pointless? Who is this data for?

-IG

OK, we're getting a couple of questions about this.

Here's what the Victoria Health release last week said:

Exposure sites will no longer be published. Instead, the Department will use the new alert function in the Service Victoria app to notify patrons of higher-risk venues where positive cases have been present – such as restaurants, gyms and nightclubs – and advise them to get tested.

Individuals who test positive are strongly recommended to tell the social contacts they have spent time with and encourage them to get tested.

The Department will not trace or manage these contacts. With a simple call-to-action, the advice can move faster when the individual is empowered to do it among the people they know.

The vast majority of people who come into contact with a confirmed positive case outside their home won’t have to self-quarantine. These contacts will be required to get a standard (PCR) test and isolate until they get a negative result.

This means exposure in places like offices, restaurants or nightclubs won’t automatically result in quarantine for the patrons or staff, who previously would have been designated Primary Close Contacts at Tier 1 exposure sites.

However, the Department of Health will continue to manage emerging outbreaks of concern and ‘superspreader events’ and can impose a quarantine period on contacts on a case-by-case basis, depending on evidence.

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