New Delhi:15 million downloads have been made in just 5 months of the launch of the desi contact tracing app Arogya Setu. In this way the Arogya Setu app has become the most downloaded contact tracing app in the world. According to the report by Sensor Tower, the Arogya Setu App is followed by 1.1 million downloads of the Padnemic Isolation Tracking Project in Turkey and 1.04 million downloads of the Corona Warn App in Germany. Along with this the Aarogya Setu app has also joined the list of top-5 five most downloaded Covid-19 tracing apps with Japan’s COCOA app. Japan’s COCOA app has 5.5 million installs and Indonesia’s PeduliLindungi app has 46 lakh installs. After Arogya Setu, information has been provided about this from the official Twitter handle of Arogya Setu.
Let us know that the Arogya Setu app is available on Android as well as iOS. This is a special kind of app, which detects it through Bluetooth, location and mobile number whether you come in contact with someone who has got corona infection. The app includes COVID-19 Help Centers and Self Assessment Tests to detect the risk of Karona infection.
Arogya Setu App was launched on 2 April 2020 in India. In the era of Corona virus, the government rapidly promoted this app. Also, the contract tracing app was made mandatory for government as well as private companies. Apart from this, the Ministry of Electronics and Information (MeitY) has rolled out a special version of the Arogya Setu app, which will be operated in the Jio feature phone. Arogya Setu is an open source app and India has become the first country in the world to successfully introduce contract tracing open source apps. The Government of India started a self-sufficient India campaign in Corona itself.