For the past few months, the government has been dealing with challenges in implementing an efficient way to do contact tracing for citizens who have been in close contact with a COVID-19 positive. Establishments ask their customers to provide their contact details through forms that are given on entrance doors, which causes heavy crowd getting bottlenecked, forgetting the physical distance rule. Not to mention that high inaccuracy as this is done manually and with no means of verifying if the customer information provided is true and correct.
MYEG Philippines, Inc., a market leader in electronic solutions championing government services online automation, has developed MYQR — a simple and seamless contact tracing solution mobile application designed to monitor and track individuals entering business establishments and premises.
The MYQR app assists establishment owners to monitor each individual by scanning a QR code on their mobile phone prior to allowing entry to their business premises. The Scan & GO! feature of the MYQR will have minimal impact on their operations allowing faster recording and entry of their customers. MYQR doesn’t need Bluetooth nor GPS to function — something unique compared to other existing contact tracing apps locally. What’s more, a user does not need to have a smartphone, as they can print the QR code on a piece of paper — an awesome user-friendly feature for the elderly.
The company behind MYQR has been providing eGovernment services in both Malaysia and the Philippines for the last 18 years through its technology platform encompassing the internet, automation, big data, and electronic payments. MYEG PH is in a JV Partnership with MYEG Services BHD (MYEG KL), a publicly-listed company in the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE), and is the pioneer in eGovernment services in Malaysia.
As part of MYEG Philippines’ efforts to curve the further spread of the Coronavirus Disease, they are offering MYQR for free to Local Government Units (LGUs).
Through the leadership of Mayor Amado L. Candido, Hernani in Eastern Samar is the first local government to implement MYQR in their whole town aimed at enhancing and automating their contact tracing efforts. Last 28 October 2020, the municipality started requiring everyone within their 13 villages to register and secure their individual QR codes. All persons entering any public and private establishments, churches, and tourist destinations operating within its borders are required to present QR codes generated by MYQR.
“We want people to feel safe especially when they need to go outside their houses and enter an establishment. MYQR is the solution. Not only it prevents the transmission of the virus, but it also eliminates the manual filling-up of health declaration/contact tracing forms or logbooks,” according to Hernani Municipal Mayor Amado L. Candido.
MYQR will also be implemented in the Municipality of Rodriguez (formerly known as Montalban) in Rizal, as the LGU officially signed a Memorandum of Agreement with MYEG Philippines’ Chief Executive Officer, Ann Saldaña last 02 December 2020. The municipality is now in the process of finalizing the registration of all its citizens to ensure that everyone has their own unique QR codes to be used on entering business premises and establishments.
“We saw the importance of implementing a QR code system on getting the contact details of the citizens prior to entering an establishment. We experienced how time-consuming it was when done manually. But with our honorable Mayor Tom Hernandez and our department heads’ determination to make us a COVID-FREE community, using MYQR is an achievement for all of us as this is a big step on giving our citizens the protection they need against COVID-19,” Councilor Carmelo D.M Sta. Isabel said.