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NEW DELHI: The Aarogya Setu app has emerged as the fastest to reach 50 million users and is set to enter the 100-million club even as the application has helped the government identify 650 hotspots across the country at the sub-post office level and also 300 emerging hotspots, officials said.
The pace of the apps downloads is also linked to the Centre making it mandatory for government employees as well as asking private companies to ensure employees use it. The governments decision to make it must for some has been criticised as a violation of privacy. The pace of downloads has, however, been increasing since PM Narendra Modi made a strong pitch for it.
Officials said since its launch on April 2, the app has seen more than 96 million registrations and it will be one of the fastest entrants into the 100-million club. They also said 69 million people had taken the self-assessment test so far, an adoption rate of more than 71%, of which more than 3.4 million have self-declared as unwell.
In Maharashtra, Setu helped identify 60+ hotspots
A dedicated team of more than 70 doctors and healthcare workers has reached out to more than 6,50,000 of those showing two or more symptoms. More than 16,000 people have been administered follow-up tele-consultation by doctors free of cost, officials said.
In Maharashtra, the app helped identify more than 60 hotspots across 18 districts. Of the 130 hotspot predictions made by the app between April 13 and 20, each has since been declared a real hotspot by the health ministry 3-17 days after it was detected.
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