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Bengaluru: App to track coronavirus-positive patients ‘Aarogya Setu Covid-19’ released

  •   Sat, Apr 11 2020 09:30:34 PM

Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (MS)

Bengaluru, Apr 11: In a circular taken out by T M Vijaya Bhaskar, chief secretary of the state government of Karnataka details are given about the ‘Aarogya Setu Covid-19’ app which can be used by general public to know if the person they are speaking to is a coronavirus positive patient or not. This app was released by the health and family welfare ministry of government of India.

This app monitors the movement of a person who has coronavirus infection. It alerts the user of mobile to stay away from such a person by social distancing and save him or herself from the possibility of an infection.

This is a tracker mobile app that can be installed in iOS or Android smart phones. After downloading the app both blue tooth and location options of the mobile phone should be on. In that the option of set location should be kept in 'Always' option.

If a person carries this tracker app on his or her mobile then it will alert the user about any coronavirus positive person who is in the vicinity of the user by sending alert message. So the user can keep social distance and save him or herself from the possibility of infection.

The circular says that the ‘Aarogya Setu Covid-19’ app should be compulsorily installed on their mobile phones by public, government servants and volunteers.

 

 
  

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  • Asha, RT nagar, Bangalore

    Wed, Jul 15 2020

    Thank you for putting this app

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  • smr, Karkala

    Sun, Apr 12 2020

    Though it is the late step of the government to alert the healthy patient, this system is very effectively used by Taiwan and Singapore as early reports started to come from Wuhan in China.

    I would say this is the radical step instead 'clapping' and 'lighting candles' to go corona that has no 'scientific value'.

    Jai Hind

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  • Subhash Chandra, Mangalore

    Sun, Apr 12 2020

    So a positive patient or quarantined persons details are uploaded to apps database ?
    that's how it works & we come to know about the person who is infected ?

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  • Ganesh, Mangalore

    Sun, Apr 12 2020

    How does this exactly work? how can a COVID-19 positive person "emit info" that he/she is infected?

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  • Tilak, Blore

    Sun, Apr 12 2020

    It tracks all the other mobile phones which came in contact with your mobile phone through this app and if any of the owner of those mobile phone test positive for covid-19 then it will alert you accordingly. it works with location and bluetooth enabled.This app will be more accurate once more and more people start using it.

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