SafeEntry Also in MRT Stations & Bus Interchanges; LTA Has Responded About Its Use

If a prophetic friend told you last year that Singaporeans would have to tell the gahmen every time they wanted to get a haircut in 2020, you’d slowly back away from that friend and probably never hang out with them again.

But now, with bubble tea shops closed and eating at coffee shops criminalised, anything seems possible.

Our lives might soon resemble that of characters in the novel 1984, but if we’re going to stop this deadly disease, then sacrifices have to be made.

SafeEntry Also in MRT Stations & Bus Interchanges

If you’ve finally closed that Netflix tab and ventured out of your house recently, you may have seen this sign:

This is the SafeEntry digital check-in system, which records visitors’ entries into public venues and office buildings to facilitate contact tracing.

According to CNA, the system has been deployed to more than 16,000 venues.

You may have used the system lately when you went to get a haircut or visited the supermarket.

The system has also been implemented in other areas like offices and factories, schools, healthcare facilities, community care facilities, popular wet markets, malls, hotels, and parks.

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Now, residents can expect to see these QR codes at all MRT stations and bus interchanges, according to Lianhe Zaobao.

Commuters simply have to scan these codes with their smartphones and input their name, identification number, and phone number.

While scanning in is not compulsory at MRT stations and bus interchanges, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) encouraged Singaporeans to do so, reported MS News.

Privacy Concerns

It’s normal to feel a little wary when our personal data is being collected, but this is something we probably shouldn’t worry too much about.

According to Lianhe Zaobao, the authorities stressed that they will only use the collected information when it’s needed to track close contacts of confirmed coronavirus cases.

So the choice is to have a little more privacy, or a little more coronavirus in our bodies.

Confirmed Covid-19 Case at Jurong NTUC FairPrice 

Just yesterday, the Ministry of Health (MOH) named Jurong Point’s NTUC FairPrice as one of the public places visited by a confirmed coronavirus case for more than 30 minutes.

Now, if there wasn’t a Safe Entry system in place, the authorities would have no way of identifying those who were in the supermarket at the same time as the infected individual, which could lead to more people getting infected.

But now, with Safe Entry, people can be informed early on and be quarantined before they spread the virus to others.

We may not be comfortable with the idea of the government collecting our personal data, but combating this pandemic will not be possible unless we sacrifice certain freedoms.

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