Covid-19: DM Ga’bal urges people to download ‘Aarogya Setu’ app

Ganderbal: District Magistrate, Ganderbal Shafqat Iqbal Thursday urged the people of the district to download “Aarogya Setu” mobile application in their mobile phones for important information to keep themselves safe from Corona virus infection.
DM said this during a meeting with the district officers and officials from health department, which was convened to brief them about the Aarogya setu application to fight against COVID-19.
On the occasion, the DM directed all the government employees to fill the correct particulars while answering the questions and while downloading the app and to facilitate the downloading of the app by others in their families and friend circle.
DM informed that Aarogya setu application is an important step to fight against COVID-19 as it provides important information regarding Corona virus. After downloading the COVID-19 tracking app it will let users know about the zone they are in and will guide them accordingly.
He said whenever a person comes in contact or even in surrounding of any COVID-19 positive person, the app will notify or alert him/her.
He added that it is a tool for self-testing through questionnaire and in case someone’s answer suggest COVID-19 symptoms, the information will be sent to the government through Artificial Intelligence and the data will then help the government to take timely steps and initiate the isolation procedure, if necessary and the the users will be alerted about it.
DM Informed that District Administration has roped in PRIs, councilors and other field workers to reach out to people in their respective jurisdictions for awareness and for promoting the installation of the Aarogya Setu App on priority basis . Besides, CSCs have been activated to help the people to install Aarogya Setu App on their smart phones.