Humorous moment family discovers grandad's phone full of Covid QR code photos

Sola Vuna did not think anything of it when his father called his daughter over to help fix his cell phone, which had started to run out of storage space.

"She said: 'Aw, dad, look. My daughter was looking through the phone and she came across all these photos of different QR codes.

"Everywhere we go, we scan our phone over the QR codes - and apparently, we thought he was doing it too.

"But we found out that he was taking photos of them."

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Vuna's 67-year-old father, Filimone Vuna, had recently got a new cell phone, joined Facebook and started to learn about scanning the Covid Tracer Quick Response (QR) code when going to different places.

"There are codes from the bus, the $2 shop, supermarkets and lots at Bunnings, where he likes to go buy tools."

Vuna said they had all shared a laugh, but the experience had also proven to be a heartwarming wake-up call for him and his family members.

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"It's opened up our eyes too about our oldies and how we need to make sure they know how to use the app. It's a good thing that we're aware of it."

"I've had friends say to me: 'It made me want to check on my olds too'."

Vuna said his father was diligent when heading out; never forgetting to take his mask and always scanning - taking photos of - the Covid QR codes.

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Filimone's 16-year-old granddaughter, Praize, has now installed the Covid Tracer app on her Papa's phone and shown him how it works.

"I just want to give an encouragement to our young people to check on their elders to make sure they're using the app correctly."

This article was first published on nzherald.co.nz and is republished here with permission.