Some restaurants in Nova Scotia are adopting a new system of contact tracing after 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Collecting contact information at restaurants became mandatory in Nova Scotia in late November , meaning restaurants have had to write down the names and phone numbers of everyone who has visited as a way to trace possible exposures. Now, there's a better alternative to pen and paper, according to the Restaurant Association of Nova Scotia. Mainstreet NS 9:31 'High-tech' contact tracing coming to some Nova Scotia restaurants The Restaurant Association of Nova Scotia has adopted a service that gets customers to text a number when they eat in restaurants to help with contact tracing. 9:31Stewart said this new system allows restaurants to provide more accurate information to the Department of Health, which can start contact tracing immediately.

Source: CBC News January 16, 2021 18:22 UTC