DPC has played a leading central agency role in responding to COVID-19. DPC has implemented a range of measures and activities in response to the challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic in South Australia. These include:
- continued to support effective and coordinated decision making within the executive government throughout emergency events including the ongoing management of COVID-19
- maintained the COVIDSAfe Check-In (QR) system and delivered contact tracing and analysis to SA Health for positive COVID-19 cases. The team delivering this capability also won the 2021 Premier’s Excellence Award for Making A Difference – Living the South Australian Public Sector Purpose
- provided vaccination reporting and analysis to monitor and support the vaccine rollout in South Australia
- delivered digital solutions to support South Australia’s COVID-19 response, spanning home quarantine and digital certificates
- delivered a new campaign to help educate South Australians on the benefits of the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine
- launched VaxCheck SA November 2021, implementing COVID-19 digital vaccination certificates into the mySA Gov app
- supported upgrades to the PCR testing booking engine, to reduce wait times and improve experience
- established the Emergency Management Cabinet Committee, a sub-committee chaired by the Premier, replacing the COVID Ready Committee
- administered specific purpose arts funding to create jobs, provide sector stability and enhance recovery
- supported arts organisations in a range of ways in their delivery of COVID-19 safe activities
- provided resourcing to SA Health (Multicultural Liaison Officer) to engage and work with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities to ensure they were well-informed about COVID-19, which included supporting the provision of translated materials during the pandemic.
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