Workplaces, universities, schools, TAFE, supermarkets, and more will be required to use a Service NSW QR code from July 12.

The Service NSW app used to trace Covid-19 through QR codes is experiencing a service shortage, prompting outrage from business owners.

Under the trial, customers will be able to use their Service NSW app to scan a NSW government issued QR code to check in at hospitality venues in Dubbo and those owned by hospitality giant Merivale.

All NSW workplaces and retail businesses will be required to use Service NSW QR codes from next month.

Everyone in NSW is going to have to check in using the Service NSW QR code whenever a work or at the shops starting from next month.

The COVIDSafe QR code check-in system in NSW is one of the major tools used to prevent lockdowns with the system being expanded and new changes being introduced this month.

Ms Berejiklian said the standardised QR code system had proved vital in the fight against COVID-19 and had helped prevent multiple statewide lockdowns.

NSW chief health officer Kerry Chant has stressed the importance of using QR codes to check into businesses as COVID-19 contact tracers scramble to find the source of infection for a man from ...

The NSW Government is considering making the Service NSW smartphone application mandatory for businesses that need to collect visitor data to allow for COVID-19 contact tracing.