Mandatory mask-wearing, QR scanning, considered File Image. SunLive. '); } else { // } The government plans to consider advice on mandatory mask-wearing at alert level two and higher, and mandatory QR code scanning at high-risk areas. Speaking at a post-Cabinet media briefing this afternoon Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Cabinet has commissioned advice on making QR code scanning mandatory at some high-risk locations and would look to consider that advice next week. She says the government would also consider mandating face mask use in regions that were at alert level 2 and higher. Mask wearing is already mandatory on public transport. "The rise of the Delta variant and the risk is poses to the Trans-Tasman bubble means it's timely to consider new measures for our toolbox to strengthen the bubble and reduce the risk of Covid spreading in New Zealand," she says.