The Indian government on Thursday officially launched its COVID-19 tracking app, Aarogya Setu, for both Android and iOS users. It is a dedicated mobile application that will surveillance citizens and notifies them if they are at the risk of infecting the novel coronavirus. This method was previously used by China, the index country for the COVID-19.
Since, India is considered to be in its 3rd phase i.e, community transmission. The first 1,000 cases in India took 8 weeks, the next 1,000 took only 4 days. The reason might be that India is heading for the community transmission stage or because of wide tests carried out in the last week. In either way, experts say the situation is bound to get worse. In order to contain the outbreak, the government has come up with another strategy – mobile surveillance.
Aarogya Setu is using a government database of infected people to function. The app is available in 11 languages. To use the application you need to register using your mobile number. It also needs Bluetooth and location access to function. With the location data of your phone and Bluetooth connectivity, the application tells you if you have been in the proximity of 6-feet of an infected person. In case you find yourself to be in the high-risk zone, you are advised to test immediately by calling the helpline number 1075 to schedule the test. The application also includes a chatbot that will answer your query about the coronavirus. In case you are concerned about privacy, the government has assured that the data is encrypted and will not be shared.
While the application is available for download on the play store, the possibility of it coming on the apple store is yet unknown.
Stay tuned to CERadar for more updates.
Since, India is considered to be in its 3rd phase i.e, community transmission. The first 1,000 cases in India took 8 weeks, the next 1,000 took only 4 days. The reason might be that India is heading for the community transmission stage or because of wide tests carried out in the last week. In either way, experts say the situation is bound to get worse. In order to contain the outbreak, the government has come up with another strategy – mobile surveillance.
Aarogya Setu is using a government database of infected people to function. The app is available in 11 languages. To use the application you need to register using your mobile number. It also needs Bluetooth and location access to function. With the location data of your phone and Bluetooth connectivity, the application tells you if you have been in the proximity of 6-feet of an infected person. In case you find yourself to be in the high-risk zone, you are advised to test immediately by calling the helpline number 1075 to schedule the test. The application also includes a chatbot that will answer your query about the coronavirus. In case you are concerned about privacy, the government has assured that the data is encrypted and will not be shared.
While the application is available for download on the play store, the possibility of it coming on the apple store is yet unknown.
Stay tuned to CERadar for more updates.
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