Mid Coast residents and business are being encouraged to use Service NSW's new Safe Check-in QR code to help stop the spread of COVID-19.

Registering your details when you visit some businesses is a COVID-19 requirement and is vital in stopping the spread of COVID-19. Checking in allows NSW Health to contact you quickly to ensure outbreaks are contained.

The new COVID Safe Check-in feature on the Service NSW app automatically checks you in using data Service NSW already has - whether via driver's licences or any other NSW Government service.

By downloading the app to your phone, when you attend businesses that are displaying Service NSW Safe Check-in QR code, you won't need to enter your details.

The check-in automatically records the date, time and location, and stores these details securely on a NSW Government database for the sole purpose of COVID-19 contact tracing. After 28 days, the data is destroyed.

The new app also provides a big benefit for businesses.

"It takes away much of the work required for mandatory record keeping - when your customers register via the COVID Safe check in, they've satisfied the COVID-19 check-in requirements," MidCoast Council's economic development coordinator, Robyn Brennan said.

Businesses can register and receive their QR code at nsw.gov.au/covid-19/covid-safe-businesses.

By downloading the Service NSW app on your phone, and by participating as a COVID-safe business, we will be keeping our community safer, especially with busy holiday periods approaching.