The Aarogya Setu app is used to issue advisories. Photo: G.R.N. Somashekar

The Aarogya Setu app is utilized to release advisories. Photo: G.R.N. Somashekar.


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Department of Personnel and Training has told officials to review their status on the app prior to starting for workplace and commute only when it shows their status as ‘safe’ or ‘low danger’.

All Main federal government officials, including the outsourced labor force, have actually been directed to right away download the Aarogya Setu App on their cellphones.

The choice comes amidst issues raised by experts on the personal privacy of the application.

The officials, through an office memorandum on Wednesday, have actually been told by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to evaluate their status on the app before starting for workplace and commute only when it reveals their status as ‘safe’ or ‘low danger’.

In case the app shows a message that an official has a ‘moderate’ or ‘high threat’, determined on the basis of Bluetooth prox