Aarogya Setu 1.5.2

Aarogya Setu is a mobile application developed by the Government of India to connect essential health services with the people of India in our combined fight against COVID-19. The App is aimed at augmenting the initiatives of the Government of India, particularly the Department of Health, in proactively reaching out to and informing the users of the app regarding risks, best practices and relevant advisories pertaining to the containment of COVID-19.

The following are some of the key features of the Aarogyasetu platform :
• Automatic contact tracing using Bluetooth
• Self-Assessment test based on ICMR guidelines
• Facilitates the Registration for Covid-19 vaccine registration
• Facilitates the download of Covid-19 vaccine certificate
• Open API based Health Status Check
• Hotspot Forecasting
• Updates, advisory and best practices related to COVID-19
• Integration with e-Pass
• Geo-location based COVID-19 statistics
• Nation-wide COVID-19 statistics
• Emergency COVID-19 Helpline contacts
• List of ICMR approved Labs with COVID-19 testing facilities
• Provides the infection/Risk Status of User
• QR Code scan feature to share Risk Status
• Recent Contacts Feature to check health status of recent contacts
• Support for over 12 Languages

Key Permissions required by the App :
• Bluetooth and Background Location permission for Contact tracing
• Camera permission for scanning QR code