Aarogya Setu

Aarogya Setu From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Aarogya Setu Aarogya Setu's Logo Aarogya Setu's Logo Developer(s) National Informatics Centre, Government of India Operating system Android and iOS Available in 12 languages List of languages Type Health care Website www.mygov.in/aarogya-setu-app/ Aarogya Setu (lit. 'Health Bridge') is a COVID-19 tracking mobile application developed by the National Informatics Centre that comes under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. Contents 1 Overview 2 Technical details 3 Response 4 Controversy 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Overview The stated purpose of this app is to spread the awareness and to connect essential health services to the people of India.[1] This app will augment the initiatives of the Department of Health to contain the risks of COVID-19, and sharing the best practices and advisories. This is a tracking app which uses smartphone's GPS and Bluetooth features to track the coronavirus infection. Aarogya Setu app is available for Android[2] and iOS mobile operating systems.[3] Using bluetooth technology, the Aarogya Setu app tries to determine the risk if one has been near a Covid-19 infected person (within six feet of distance) by scanning through a database of known cases across India, and using location information it determines the location one is in belongs to the infected areas based on the data available.[1] This app is an updated version of an earlier app called Corona Kavach (now discontinued) which was already released by the Government of India[4] Technical details Aarogya Setu has four sections in the new UI, viz, Your Status, Self Assess, COVID-19 Update, and E-pass (which is yet to go active). Your Status tells the risk of getting COVID-19 for the user. Self Assess lets the user know the risk of being infected. COVID-19 Update gives update on the local and national COVID-19 cases.[5] Aarogya Setu is currently available in 12 languages (English, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Bengali, Oriya, Gujarati, Marathi and Assamese) and expected to be available in more Indian languages soon. One is asked to provide health and other profiling information after signing into the app. Aarogya Setu The app is also built on a platform that can provide Application Programming Interface (API) so that other computer programs, mobile applications and web services can make use of the features and data available of Aarogya setu. Aarogya Setu Response Aarogya Setu crossed five million downloads within the three days of its launch, making it one of the most popular government apps in India[6][7] It is the world's fastest-growing mobile app with more than 50 million installs on the platform, at just 13 days after launching in India on April 2, 2020.[8] In an order on 29 April 2020 the central government made it mandatory for all government employees to download to app and use it - "Before starting for office, they must review their status on Arogya Setu and commute only when the app shows safe or low risk".[9] Controversy Rahul Gandhi, opposition party leader, termed the Aarogya Setu application as a "sophisticated surveillance system" after the government announced that downloading the app is mandatory for both government and private employees[10]. There are several privacy concerns about the Aarogya Setu[11][12]. However, most of these concerns are defended by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology[10] See also