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Chaturvedula succeeds Hari Vasudev, who will assume the position of executive vice-president, global tech platforms at Walmart

STACY SQUIRES/Stuff Anne-Marie Jones, pictured with her son Chase, 6, says her phone cant scan QR codes and many businesses have got rid of pen and paper registers. Low-income and elderly communities are being forgotten about when it comes to contact tracing, vulnerable Kiwis say. Scanning a QR code with New Zealand’s Covid Tracer app requires a smartphone newer than Android 6.0 or an iPhone with IOS 11, and many businesses are relying on this as the only method to track peoples movement und...