Aarogya Setu app primed to take lead in COVID-19 war

NEW DELHI: Aarogya Setu, the government’s Covid-19 contact tracing app, could turn out to be the mother of all apps related to the virus outbreak.

The government is planning to incorporate all Covid-19 virus related information and services within the application.

The plans include making it a single point of access for food shelters, night shelters as well as Suraksha retail stores that are being launched across the country.

A national telemedicine platform may also be integrated within the app so that people with any illness can consult a doctor remotely, according to senior government officials. The app could also become the single interface for all curfew passes as the government seeks to make sure that no person who is at risk is allowed to travel anywhere once the lockdown is lifted partially after April 20, and fully from May 3.