The necessity of Aarogya-Setu By : Abhishek Chauhan, Muskan Bhardwaj

INTRODUCTION:

As we all know that corona virus is increasing in India day by day. And it is increasing very fast. Everybody is very worried about this virus and the government is also progressing well so that they can recover quickly from this virus. Our corona warriors also doing a great job so that we can get help from this virus.

Among the various initiatives for the same the government of India launched an official covid- 19 tracking app – AAROGYA SETU APP in the country. This tracker app has been launched by MeitY’s National Informatics’ centre.

Aarogya setu app is available on both the platforms- Android and ios. This app is also available in 11 languages- English, Hindi, Telgu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Punjabi, Bengali, Oriya, Gujarati, and Marathi.

This app is available on play store and there is no charging for installing this app. 90 million people already install this app and accumulated 3 lakh reviews.

This app will help the government to take timely steps to assess the risk of covid-19 infection and to quarantine the concerned person or area, if necessary. The information will not be shared with anyone and privacy will be taken care of.

An IT Ministry official said that if a person is found infected with the corona virus during a medical test, the mobile number of the infected person will be included in the register maintained by the Ministry of Health and this information will also be updated on the app.

HOW THIS APP HELP US:

This aarogya setu app tells us if there are any covid-19 patients around us or not. It uses your Smartphone’s Bluetooth and location to tell us that whether you are affected from corona virus or not.

The app shows your risk level in green and yellow codes. It also suggests what you should do. If you are shown in green and told ‘you are safe’ then there is no danger. To avoid corona, you must maintain social distancing and stay at home
If you are shown in yellow and the text says ‘You are very risky’ then you should contact the helpline.

The app works only when you register your mobile number and verify it with OTP. An alternative form also comes which asks about the name, age, occupation and travel abroad during the last 30 days. You can skip this form. However, if you wish to become a volunteer in times of need then you have the option to enroll yourself in it.

And through this app the government would know if you are safe or not because when you install this app, all your information goes to the government in fact your location also goes to the government wherever you go your locations also goes to the government and if you are affected than through this app government will help you.

That’s why government launches this app so they can help us if we are affected from this virus and that’s why government has said that installing this app is important.

This app is also helpful because it tells up to 500 meter 1 kilometer or 10 kilometer that how many people get affected from this virus or how many people get self- assessment test or how many people get his risk.

How can you get to know whether you are covid patient or not?

• First you have to install this aarogya setu app
•  Then when you open this app Bluetooth will open automatically
• Then in this app there is a one option self assessment test
• In this you test yourself app asked some questions and you have to answer it.
• Then if there are any symptoms of corona virus then this app get you know about this.
• In case, a user get a high risk, the app will advice him/her to go for a test nearby testing centre and call the toll-free number 1075 immediately.
• This app is also providing e-pass if any person want e-pass then also they install this app.

   So this is a very simple method to do a self assessment test and it is necessary to do because from this test you also get know whether you are ok or not.

Most of the people not installed this app that’s why government make it compulsory and if any person wants to go outside then this app is very compulsory if any government officer catches you without this app then he can take action against you. So if you want to go for work then installation this app is very necessary.

Privacy issues

Most of the people get worried that whether this app is safe or not because they think that our information get leak. But government already told that all the information of person will only be shared with the Indian government not third parties. So that’s why most of the people not install this app because they think that there location there details get leak.

According to a report by Live Mint, the app mostly stores your data on your smart phone and sends to the government only if you are at the high risk of catching Corona virus. The app also has the policy to delete data on a 30-day cycle.

This app is not only useful for one person but it is beneficial for another person also because if you meet someone and you also installed this app and another person also installed this app. And because of Bluetooth range this app will collect the information. And if any person tested corona virus then this app will alert you and you can take a safety measures. And also government get to know about that virus affected person through the location and also government will come to know that whom that person meet.

And through this government will help you this app is also important because we all know that our country population is so high and government or officer cannot reached every person and test every person that’s why this app was launched so the government get to know that who are the person is affected from this virus so they get to know from this app.

Many organizations are planning to include the app in their daily operations to identify potential cases. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) is planning to include the app in their standard operating procedure (SOP). The issuance of e-pass could act as the main identification to let people access important public infrastructure like metro services.

CONCLUSION

It is very important to install this app because the cases are increasing day by day in our country and if install this app then it is beneficial not only for us but it is beneficial for others also. If we do not install this app then it will be a big loss to our country and also for us.

And we also have to promote this app so that people get aware from this app and also get to know that this app is very important if we want to save our country and ourselves also then we have to install this app.