The Delhi government has directed all wholesale liquor vends in the city to ensure mandatory use of Aarogya Setu app by their staff, touch-free sanitizer dispenser and other measures against the novel coronavirus.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the National Informatics Centre (NIC) had told CIC that they have no information about the "creation" of the Aarogya Setu app promoted by the government to contain the spread of COVID-19.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the National Informatics Centre have said they do not have any information about the "creation" of the Aarogya Setu application promoted by the government to contain the spread of COVID 19.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has lauded Aarogya Setu, a mobile application that was launched by the Government of India for protecting the citizens during COVID-19. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the health agency, said that the app helped city public health departments identify clusters and expand testing.
Contact tracing apps are unlikely to contain the spread of COVID-19 without proper public health control measures such as physical distancing and closure of indoor spaces.
Aarogya Setu is contact tracing app available on both Android and iOS platforms. It has been receiving updates lately and here’s a list of new features added.
Aarogya Setu is an Indian COVID-19 contact tracing app available for Android, iOS and JioPhone users. It can be used by feature phones and landline users too
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TS EAMCET 2020: The Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) has released a detailed advisory for the candidates to appear in the Telangana EAMCET 2020 exam. As per the instructions, Students appearing for the Telangana engineering, agriculture and medical common entrance test (EAMCET) from July 6 to July 9 will have to mandatorily download the Aaraogya Setu app that will declare their risk factor.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on June 22 said that due to COVID-19 outbreak and continuously increasing cases it is not possible for the state government to take any decision on 'Mahakumbh Mela 2021' now.
Uttar Pradesh Principal Health Secretary Amit Mohan Prasad informed that with the alert generated on Aarogya Setu app, total 89,520 people were contacted from the control room.
Most mobile applications that track the spread of COVID-19 require access to users' personal data, but only a handful indicate the data would be anonymous, encrypted and secured.
India's own contact tracing app, Aarogya Setu, has been a timely move and the fact that it has become the most downloaded app in the recent times is a testimony to citizens innate belief in the power of technology to inform, guide and protect them from unwanted consequences in these times of public health emergency.
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Aarogya Setu app, within 41 days of its launch, has garnered around 114 million users in india
India's coronavirus contact tracing app Aarogya Setu is now open source for Android users, in a major development that will allay privacy concerns around the government-launched product
Union Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said he don't understand the need for quarantine of passengers who have been given green status on Aarogya Setu app. His statement comes after a couple of states have issued advisory for passengers who are willing to travel once domestic flight operations are resumed from May 25 onwards.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has clarified that while the use of Aarogya Setu app is preferable for air travel, it is not mandatory. Earlier, in the SOP issued by the government, it was notified that the usage of the app will be mandatory for everyone except children below the age of 14 years.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) issued new guidelines ahead of resumption of domestic flight services from May 25 onwards for airport operators, passengers on Thursday. As per the new Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs), AAI has said that the Aarogya Setu app will not mandatory for children below 14 years of age.
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