SafePass
{{Short description|Digital contact tracing app}}
{{distinguish|Safe, Swift and Smart Passage}}
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| developer = Talino Venture Labs
Amihan Global Strategies
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| type = COVID-19 app
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SafePass is a digital contact tracing app used as a response against the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.
History
Safepass was developed by Amihan Global Strategies and Talino Venture Labs.{{cite news |last1=Adel |first1=Rosette |title=Contact tracing tool 'SafePass' is now available for everyone |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/08/15/2035395/contact-tracing-tool-safepass-now-available-everyone |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=The Philippine Star |date=15 August 2021}} It was originally launched in June 2020 by the Department of Tourism, the Department of Trade and Industry and Talino Ventures. It was made as a contact tracing tool with capacity planning features that would also help businesses to manage COVID-19 safety protocols within their premises.{{cite news |title=DOT launches 'SafePass' app to help businesses under new normal |url=https://cnnphilippines.com/business/2020/6/3/dot-safe-pass-application-establishments-new-normal.html |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=CNN Philippines |date=3 June 2021 |language=en |archive-date=20 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420033847/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/business/2020/6/3/dot-safe-pass-application-establishments-new-normal.html |url-status=dead }} On August 14, 2020, a free version of SafePass was made available for business establishments nationwide.
Features
SafePass features vary by plan. It is touted as an "omni-channel" system which can also be accessed by telephone, SMS or Facebook Messenger. The most basic plan, available to any establishment, provides basic contact tracing and a digital health questionnaire. Other plans include employee management features and a capacity planning tool which set how many individuals can be in a location at any given time. Paid plans allow for businesses to notify multiple contacts at once and allow their customers to make advanced bookings.
Adoption
Safepass was adopted on June 1, 2020 by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) as a "COVID-19 prevention and incident management platform for all business establishments" and is intended to complement StaySafe.{{cite web |title=Resolution No. 42, s.2020 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2020/06jun/20200601-IATF-RESOLUTION-NO-42.pdf |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines |publisher=Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases |date=1 June 2020}} SafePass has been adopted as a contact tracing app by several local government units (LGUs) in the Philippines such as Quezon City (KyusiPass){{cite news |title=QC counts on 'KyusiPass' to intensify contact tracingQC counts on 'KyusiPass' to intensify contact tracing |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1134104 |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=Philippine News Agency |date=18 March 2021 |language=en}} and Ilocos Norte.{{cite news |last1=Lazaro |first1=Freddie |title=Ilocos Norte to use 'SafePass' app for COVID-19 contact tracing |url=https://mb.com.ph/2020/11/09/ilocos-norte-to-use-safepass-app-for-covid-19-contact-tracing/ |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=Manila Bulletin |date=9 November 2020}} Another contact tracing app sanctioned by the government is StaySafe, which is used by other LGUs and companies.{{cite news |last1=Madarang |first1=Catalina Ricci |title=Better contact tracing measures called for amid new confirmed Delta variant cases |url=https://interaksyon.philstar.com/politics-issues/2021/07/16/196169/better-contact-tracing-measures-called-for-amid-new-confirmed-delta-variant-cases/ |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=Interaksyon |date=16 July 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Cervantes |first1=Filane Mikee |title=House OKs reso calling for unified nat'l contact tracing protocol |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1134905 |access-date=14 August 2021 |date=25 March 2021}}
References
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Category:2020 establishments in the Philippines
Category:COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines