South Australia’s home quarantine app could be used nationally

The smartphone application at the centre of South Australia’s home quarantine trial could be rolled out to other states as the nation emerges from COVID-19 restrictions, allowing authorities to track returning travellers to exact locations.

The Home Quarantine SA app uses geolocation and facial recognition software to track those in quarantine. Users are required to prove they are at the designated quarantine location within 15 minutes of a prompt from the application.