Tag: Aarogya Setu App

New Delhi: The Union government on Thursday said that the registration for the third phase of Covid vaccination for everyone above 18 years of age will start on April 28.…

New Delhi: The Union government has unveiled an app called Aarogya Setu designed to alert users if they have come in close proximity with any COVID-19 positive patient. The app tracks through a Bluetooth and location-generated social graph. It calculates the user’s risk of infection based on recency and proximity of COVID-19 patient. “We understand […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed members of the U Mumba Kabaddi team for their appeal to download the Aarogya Setu app amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. U Mumba tweeted a video featuring Ajinkya Kapre, Athul MS, Surinder Singh and Abhishek Singh. “Our players have an important appeal to make to our […]

Gurugram: Food delivery platform Zomato on Wednesday announced that it has mandated each of its delivery partners to install and use the Aarogya Setu App — which is designed to help control the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) and make its information accessible to the common people. This app also helps in finding out corona positive […]

New Delhi: The government on Wednesday said no data or security breach has been identified in Aarogya Setu after an ethical hacker raised concerns about a potential security issue in the app. The app is the government’s mobile application for contact tracing and disseminating medical advisories to users in order to contain the spread of […]

New Delhi: The government on Monday issued a set of guidelines for processing of data collected through Aarogya Setu app that bar storage of data for more than six months and specify jail term for violators of certain rules. Amid concerns expressed in certain quarters about data privacy of people who use the app, the […]

New Delhi: Even as the 15 pairs of special trains would be operated on select routes from Tuesday nearly two months after all regular passenger services were suspended by the Indian Railways amid the Covid-19 outbreak, the national transporter has made it “mandatory” for passengers to download the Aarogya Setu app. A senior railway ministry […]

Bhubaneswar: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has made social distancing, installation of Aarogya Setu App on mobile phones and thermal screening mandatory among various other standard operating procedures for passengers for recommencement of domestic commercial flight operations from May 25. As per the SOPs, all passengers shall compulsorily undergo thermal screening at a designated […]

New Delhi: The Union Ministry for Health and Family Welfare has issued guidelines for international arrivals into India through air, sea and land routes. In the issued guidelines, the ministry has made 14-day quarantine and installation of Aarogya Setu App mandatory for every person entering India. As notified by the Union Ministry, before boarding, all […]

Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has lauded India’s Aarogya Setu app during COVID-19 virtual media briefing at Geneva on Tuesday. WHO chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the app helped city public health departments identify clusters and expand testing in the second worst affected country. “The Aarogya Setu app from India has been […]

New Delhi: The Aarogya Setu app has been developed in the most transparent manner, the Ministry of Electronic and Information Technology said on Wednesday after the Central Information Commission issued a notice to the government over who created the app. “On all such occasions, it has been clearly mentioned that the Aarogya Setu App has […]

Bhubaneswar: The second phase vaccination drive against Covid-19 began today across India, including in Odisha. This time, senior citizens (above 60 years) and people aged 45 or above suffering with comorbidities can register to get vaccinated. The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and the National Health Authority (NHA) has uploaded a user guide […]