Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 19: In order to deal with Corona crisis and stay safe, the BJP J&K unit secretary, Rekha Mahajan today appealed the people to download the Aaroyga Setu App to combat the pandemic.
She emphasised on the importance of downloading the “Aaroygya Setu App” which helps in self assessment and provides surveillance of COVID -19 cases. Aarogya Setu means “A Bridge of Health”. This is an android and IOS App which is a Coronavirus tracking app that uses data provided by the users. It makes use of GPS and Bluetooth to determine if a person is near or has been in contact with a Coronavirus-infected person.
She said that this app was designed to control the spread of the virus and make its information accessible to the common people. Using a phone’s Bluetooth and location data, Aarogya Setu lets users know if they have been near a person with COVID-19 by scanning a database of known cases of infection.
She also sensitized the people if they have met someone in the last two weeks who has tested positive, the App calculates the risk of infection based on how recent it was and proximity, and recommends measures. While your name and number won’t be made public. In case of normal people, it deletes the data from the server after 30 days and in case of a corona-infected patient, the limit to remove the data is 60 days.
“Don’t fell into prey of misinformation campaign spread by few about the App. The app never reveals your personal identity to anyone and the identity of patients is also not shared with public and the Government used the information on the application only for administering COVID related health interventions and not for any other purpose,” she asserted.
She said, “Presently, the Aaroyga Setu App has 9.8 Crore active users of which 13,000 have been found COVID positive.”
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