Govt makes Aarogya Setu app a must for its employees

The Centre has made the use of Aarogya Setu mobile application compulsory for its employees and, according to senior officials, wide use of the app by people in general is necessary if the country has to successfully step out of the lockdown in phases starting May.

A government order on Wednesday said all central government employees and those with PSUs (public sector units) and autonomous bodies should download the app and must review their “status” on the app before starting from home for office.

Based on self-assessment of symptoms and assessing presence of Covid-19 positive or suspect patients in the person’s neighbourhood if Bluetooth is kept on, the app tells whether the person is ‘safe’, ‘low-risk’ or ‘moderate’ and ‘high-risk’.