Using the SM Mall’s “Trace Together” Online Contact Tracing System

I’m not sure when they actually started it, but I noticed that the SM Mall’s Trace Together Online Contact Tracing System has started to become popular lately when the nearby SM Mall started requiring everybody to submit their Contact Details every time they enter there. 

I found it to be more convenient than writing down your Contact Information on Pen and Paper, and it is required not only when entering the Mall but also the Shops and Restaurants inside. 

‘Requirements’

To use the System, you will need the following: 
- A functioning Smartphone
- A Quick Response (QR) Code Reader Application
- An Internet Connection
- A Web Browser

To use the System, you start with your QR Code Reader. I use the “QR & Barcode Scanner” made by Gamma Play, but you can use any QR Code Reader Application from the Google Play Store. I am using a Smartphone with an Android Operating System (OS) by the way, so I can only relay my experience using that. 

To start, scan the QR Code posted at the Entrances of the Mall/Shop/Restaurants using the QR Code Reader. 

One of the QR Codes at the SM Mall Entrances

You will then be shown a Link to the Website that you need to go to. Tap the Link to go to that Website, it should automatically open up in a Web Browser on your Phone. 

The Link to the Trace Together Website

Once you are in the Website, it will ask you first your Contact Information like Name, E-mail Address and Phone Number. Just fill up all the information and tap on the Blue “Submit” Button. 

The Contact Information Page on the Trace Together Website

You will then be need to answer a 2-page Questionnaire related to your Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) exposure. If you answer “No” on all the questions, you can then tap on the Blue “Submit Button again. 

The 2nd and last Page of the Trace Together Website

If approved, you will then be brought to a Webpage showing some of the Details of your Contact Information and the Date and Time of Entry. Show this to the Guard or the Person manning the Entrance and it’s done. 

The Approval Page on the Trace Together Website

Again, this is required at the Entrance of the SM Malls and the Shops and Restaurants inside it.