AKTU makes compulsory for students to download Aarogya Setu

How to find out if you have COVID-19 symptoms using Aarogya Setu App?

• 1- Open the app. 
• 2- Now look for the Self Assessment button on the bottom of your screen. 
• 3- After clicking the button, you will be enquired about your gender and age.
• 4- You will be now be enquired about whether you are experiencing any kind of symptoms- Cough, Fever or Difficulty in Breathing.
•  5- You will be further asked whether you have ever heard about- Diabetes, Hypertension, Lung Disease or Heart Disease. 
• 6- Now the test will enquire you about your travel history in the last 14 days.  
• 7- Further you will be asked whether you have lived with a COVID-19 hit patient or if you are a health worker and examined a positive COVID-19 case without protective gear. 
• 8- Answer these questions honestly. 
• 9- Once you answer the questions, the app will tell you about the infection risk. 

Previously, Aarogya Setu released a statement about the rising privacy concerns in the app. French hacker Robert Baptiste warned the Indian government about the vulnerability of the App but has not disclosed any information regarding the same. After this, the government issued a response against the warnings of the hacker and stated that the team assures everyone that no data or security breach has been identified so far.

The user can change the latitude/longitude to get the data for multiple locations. The API call though is behind a Web Application Firewall. and hence bulk calls are not possible. Getting data for multiple latitude longitude this way is no different than asking several people about their location's COVID—log statistics. All this information is already public for all locations and hence does not compromise on any personal or sensitive data.

The government of India is taking all the necessary steps to combat the global pandemic. The most important factor in preventing the spread of the virus locally is to taking precautions as per the advisories issued by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and visiting the nearest testing center in case you develop COVID-19-related symptoms. Previously, Prime Minister Modi announced a 21-day countrywide lockdown to combat and contain the spread of the highly contagious virus. Today, while addressing the nation Prime minister Modi has further extended the countrywide lockdown for 19 days- till May 3. 

The Indian government has officially launched its COVID-19 tracking app, Aarogya Setu, for Android and iOS users. The app has been developed by the National Informatics Centre which comes under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. According to the app's description, it is aimed at "augmenting" efforts to "proactively" inform the citizens about the "best practices and relevant advisories pertaining to the containment of COVID-19." Both union and state governments have launched a host of coronavirus-related apps over the last few weeks to curb the spread of the pandemic in the country.

Aarogya Setu (which translates from Sanskrit to ‘A bridge of health') app essentially helps users in identifying whether they are at risk of coronavirus infection, by checking if they have been in contact with a COVID-19 infected individual, even unknowingly.

The COVID-19 tracker app currently supports 11 languages, including Hindi and English, and requires Bluetooth and Location access to function. To use the Aarogya Setu app, users would first need to register with their mobile number. After completing the first step, the app asks users for their credentials which is optional. For those concerned about the Privacy Policy of the app, the government claims that the stored data is "encrypted" and will not be shared with any third-party vendors. 

WHY AAROGYA SETU?

• Protect yourself and the community from COVID-19
• Precision tracking of the spread of COVID-19
• Access curated relevant advisory
• Self-assessment test for infection mitigation
• Help and support at hand

Some of the highlights of the application are

• Details regarding the initiatives taken by the government of India against fighting coronavirus
• Risks, and safety measures to take by the Department of health
• Tracking and tracing infected people
• Self-assessment tools 

Previously, Aarogya Setu released a statement about the rising privacy concerns in the app. French hacker Robert Baptiste warned the Indian government about the vulnerability of the App but has not disclosed any information regarding the same. After this, the government issued a response against the warnings of the hacker and stated that the team assures everyone that no data or security breach has been identified so far.

It is clearly detailed in the privacy policy. Reproducing the same for everyone’s benefit. A user’s location is fetched and stored on the server in a secure, encrypted, and anonymized manner. The user location is fetched-- at the time of registration, self-assessment, when the user submits his contact tracing data voluntarily through the App, or when a user has turned COVID-19 positive. 

The radius parameters are fixed and can only take one of the five values: 500 meters, 1km, and 2km. 5km and 10km. These values are standard parameters, posted with HTTP headers. Any other value as part of the “distance” HTTP header gets defaulted to 1km.
The user can change the latitude/longitude to get the data for multiple locations. The API call though is behind a Web Application Firewall. and hence bulk calls are not possible. Getting data for multiple latitude longitude this way is no different than asking several people about their location's COVID—log statistics. All this information is already public for all locations and hence does not compromise on any personal or sensitive data.

The government of India is taking all the necessary steps to combat the global pandemic. The most important factor in preventing the spread of the virus locally is to take precautions as per the advisories issued by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and visit the nearest testing center in case you develop COVID-19-related symptoms. Previously, Prime Minister Modi announced a 21-day countrywide lockdown to combat and contain the spread of the highly contagious virus. Today, while addressing the nation Prime minister Modi has further extended the countrywide lockdown for 19 days- till May 3. 

Launched by the Indian government on April 2, Aarogya Setu tracks the spread of the coronavirus contagion. Also, it is India's first contact tracing app. The app can be downloaded on your Android and iPhones and supports 11 languages namely Hindi, English, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, Oriya, Bengali, and Telugu.

Once installed, Aarogya Setu calculates the risk of catching the infection and informs whether you are at a lower or higher risk. It does it by tracking the nearby devices which have the app installed. The app functions on Bluetooth, location, algorithms, and artificial intelligence to determine your chances of getting coronavirus. 

As the lockdown has entered the fourth phase, several states have started giving certain relaxations where special and Shramik trains have started operating, Airports Authority of India also said that there is the possibility of flight resumption services. Also, Delhi Metro has said that it will be mandatory for people to download the app once the services resume. Thus, here is a list of citizens who need to install the Aarogya Setu app on their phones are as follows.