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Prove you're indoors with selfie: Delhi govt to ask home-quarantined people

All district magistrates (DMs) have been directed to ask the people in home quarantine to download the designated app in their mobile phones

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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal interacting with his party MLAs. (Source: Arvind Kejriwal)

BS Web TeamAgencies New Delhi
The Delhi government will ask people quarantined in home to send their selfies through a mobile application, saying it's a "helpful move" to contain the coronavirus. 

A government official told PTI that all district magistrates (DMs) have been directed to ask the people in home quarantine to download the designated app in their mobile phones, a step aimed at tracking their movement. According to the official, it was observed that some people, who have been put under home quarantine by the government, were not following the rules.

"This app will be very helpful in tracking the movement of home-quarantined people.

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