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Govt launches contact tracing app to track risk of getting coronavirus

Built in a public-private partnership mode, the app was launched on the Google Play Store as well as the Apple Store

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A health worker sanitises an area near Nizamuddin mosque, after people who attended the religious congregation at Tabligh-e-Jamaat's Markaz, tested postive for Covid-19. Photo: PTI

Neha Alawadhi New Delhi
The Government on Thursday launched a mobile app called AarogyaSetu to help citizens assess their risk of contracting the coronavirus. 

Built in a public-private partnership mode, the app was launched on the Google Play Store as well as the Apple Store.

AarogyaSetu will use Bluetooth technology, algorithms and artificial intelligence to assess the risk of a person based on their interactions. Once installed in a smartphone, the app will detect other devices with AarogyaSetu installed in the proximity of the phone. 


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