South Australia has begun a home-based quarantine trial which is tipped to expand to international arrivals.
Here's a look at the trial.
It will start this week for people returning from New South Wales and Victoria.
Premier Steven Marshall said he hoped the trial would be expanded to international travellers in "subsequent weeks", making it a national first.
Those in home-based quarantine will need to download an app, developed by the South Australian Government, to prove they are staying home while required to.
People wanting to return to South Australia and home quarantine will have to apply to SA Health.
They will have to prove they have a place to isolate during their quarantine period and must also be fully vaccinated.
Those who are approved will have to download the South Australian Government home quarantine app, which uses geo-location and facial recognition software to track those in quarantine.
The app will contact people at random asking them to provide proof of their location within 15 minutes.
"We don't tell them how often or when, on a random basis they have to reply within 15 minutes," Mr Marshall said.
If a person cannot successfully verify their location or identity when requested, SA Health will notify SA Police who will conduct an in-person check on the person in quarantine.
People will still be required to quarantine for 14 days.
The Premier said people were also able to put in daily observations, which could trigger a visit from SA Health.
Mr Marshall said the government would not be storing any of the information provided to the app.
"We just use it to verify that people are where they said they were going to be during the home-based quarantine."
The Premier said it was "implausible" to continue to use medi-hotels for international arrivals as borders began to re-open.
The government hopes the use of technology during home-based quarantine would not only increase quarantine capacity, but also reduce the reliance on police officers having to knock on doors to check on people quarantining.
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