Wednesday, May 27, 2020

 COVID-19: AAROGYA SETU APP - HOW DOES IT WORK?



During COVID-19, Aarogya setu app has proved to be the support system for all Indians. This application was developed and released by the National Informatics Centre in April 2020. 

The name of this app was carefully coined to give out the meaning: ‘The bridge for liberation from disease’. To break it down into simpler words, Aa stands for ‘without’, rogya stands for ‘disease’ and setu stands for ‘bridge’ in the Hindi vernacular. 

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What citizens need to know is the mechanism that this application follows to make them safe from coming face to face with any situation that may subject them to COVID-19. Aarogya setu uses the premise of Geo-tagging, syndromic mapping, self-assessment, and Contact tracing to make the user aware of their closeness to the COVID-19 ‘hot-spots’ or to a person who may potentially carry the disease. By doing so, the application can assist the user to embrace precautionary measures and promote their safety in regions where there are known COVID-19 positive citizens, thus, helping them stop the transmission of disease to a certain degree. 

The application also enables users to self-screen/ evaluate themselves in cases where the situation of the user is such that they are not able to step out and visit health-care facilities. Aarogya Setu application additionally assists individuals by helping them distinguish the side effects, alert them about the best well-being safety measures, and also gives them pertinent data concerning the spread of COVID-19.

When you download the Aarogya Setu application, you register with your telephone number and include personal details like your age and sexual orientation, etc. This information helps you to go through a self-evaluation for your well-being. The chat-bot keeps you informed regarding the latest news from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and related helplines.

 For the app to track your activities, it is of prime importance that you keep your GPS area sharing and Bluetooth consistently on. GPS tracks your location, while a Bluetooth trade happens between proximal gadgets that have been registered and have an active account on Aarogya Setu. 

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The application utilizes your Geo-location and the administration database to decide if you are within six feet of an infected individual, or whether you are in a territory assigned as a COVID-19 hot-spot. The application will warn you about physical vicinity to possible infected individuals or risk-prone zones, scale your danger of disease depending upon your contact with surroundings, and give relevant recommendations to avoid the disease. In the unfortunate event that you test positive for COVID-19 or are in danger since you've been in close contact with an infected individual, your information and the details of everybody you've come into contact with in recent days are sent to the cloud which can then be accessed by the government. 
Your area history is intended to be erased from the application and cloud following a 30-day cycle. 
The information from the application allows the government to generate statistical visualization of the whereabouts of the user. The government may also share this information with nearby health care clinics so that necessary action can be taken on time. 

It has been declared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the application could adequately be used as an e-pass for traveling as the transportation facilities are being made available to the public slowly. The purpose is that you might be permitted to travel just if you have the application installed on your phone. This application will act as an additional layer of screening for the citizens during these unprecedented times. 

                          

This application is an absolute necessity in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. Aarogya setu app saw a massive amount of downloads in just a few days. Everyone should do their bit and download this app to help safeguard themselves as well as the citizens around them from getting infected.

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