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LAUNCH OF TRACETOGETHER MOBILE BOOTHS AND EXPANSION OF TRACETOGETHER TOKEN COLLECTION POINTS

Singapore, 4 October 2020 – As looks to reopen its economy further by allowing more businesses and social activities to resume, the ability to do contact tracing quickly, and at scale, becomes more critical to reduce the risk of new transmission chains forming.

2. The TraceTogether (TT) Programme – comprising the TT App and the TT Token – provides the initial list of close contacts of COVID-19 positive cases. Together with SafeEntry (SE) and associated digital systems, the TT Programme has enabled the contact tracing teams to reduce the time taken to identify and quarantine a close contact from 4 days to less than 2 days on average. The TT Programme also supplements manual contact tracing by identifying close contacts who are not known to index cases, or cannot be recalled by cases.

TRACETOGETHER MOBILE BOOTHS

3. The Smart Nation and Digital Government Group (SNDGG) will be deploying roving TT mobile booths to provide a convenient set-up for the public to adopt the TT Programme. Starting from 2 October 2020, TT mobile booths will be deployed to about 100 locations for public to collect their Tokens, or learn how to download and use the App. The booths will be set up at areas with high footfall such as malls. More details on the schedule and locations of the TT mobile booths can be found in Annex A.

4. The TT mobile booths are an additional avenue for the public to collect their TT Token for themselves and their family members. For the latest deployment schedule of TT mobile booths, the public can visit the TokenGoWhere website (https://token.gowhere.gov.sg). The website also lists the community centres/clubs (CCs) where the nation-wide distribution of Tokens is taking place.

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EXPANSION OF TRACETOGETHER TOKEN COLLECTION POINTS AT COMMUNITY CENTRES/CLUBS

5. The nation-wide distribution of TT Tokens commenced on 14 September 2020 at CCs in the Jalan Besar and Tanjong Pagar regions. To date, more than 100,000 Tokens have been distributed.

6. From 1 October 2020, the distribution exercise will be expanded to 18 CCs in the , Bishan, Toa Payoh and Sengkang regions. The list of CCs can be found in Annex B. Residents living outside these areas can also choose to visit the CCs to collect their Tokens early, if they wish.

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For media enquiries, please contact:

Cristiano Peswani (Mr)

Assistant Manager, Adoption and Engagement Directorate

Smart Nation and Digital Government Office, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore

Tel: 9674 5524

Email: [email protected]

Chia Suat Ning (Ms)

Manager, Adoption and Engagement Directorate

Smart Nation and Digital Government Office, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore

Tel: 8182 8052

Email: [email protected]

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Annex A – List of TT Mobile Booths

Date Time Location

2 October Fri (11am - 3pm)

3 October Sat (11am - 3pm)

3 October Sat (11am - 3pm) Paragon

3 October Sat (5pm - 9pm)

3 October Sat (5pm - 9pm) Great World City

4 October Sun (11am - 3pm) Raffles City Shopping Centre

4 October Sun (11am - 3pm)

4 October Sun (5pm - 9pm) Plaza

10 October Sat (11am - 3pm) IMM

10 October Sat (11am - 3pm) Shopper’s Mall

10 October Sat (5pm - 9pm)

11 October Sun (11am - 3pm) CompassOne

11 October Sun (11am - 3pm)

16 October Fri (11am - 3pm)

17 October Sat (11am - 3pm) JCube

17 October Sat (11am - 3pm)

17 October Sat (5pm - 9pm) Westgate

18 October Sun (5pm - 9pm)

24 October Sat (11am - 3pm) Wheelock

24 October Sat (11am - 3pm) SingPost Centre

25 October Sun (11am - 3pm)

31 October Sat (11am - 3pm) Vivocity

7 November Sat (5pm - 9pm) PLQ Mall

8 November Sun (5pm - 9pm)

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Annex B – Expansion of TT Token Distribution to 18 CCs

No. List of CCs (from 1 October) 1) Anchorvale CC 2) Ang Mo Kio CC

3) Bishan CC

4) Cheng San CC

5) Ci Yuan CC

6) Hwi Yoh CC

7) Kebun Baru CC

8) Marymount CC

9) Punggol Park CC

10) Rivervale CC

11) Sengkang CC 12) Teck Ghee CC 13) Thomson CC 14) Toa Payoh Central CC 15) Toa Payoh East CC 16) Toa Payoh South CC 17) Toa Payoh West CC 18) Yio Chu Kang CC

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