Gujarat govt makes Aarogya Setu app mandatory for its employees

The notification said that even those employees who are working for the government through outsourced agencies should download the application.

• By: Express News Service
• Ahmedabad | May 2, 2020 06:52 PM IST
1 min read

While countries including Singapore say that contact tracing will be used strictly for disease control and cannot be used to enforce lockdowns or quarantines, Aarogya Setu retains the flexibility to do just that.

The government has asked the employees to come to office only if their personal status on the app says “safe” or “less risky”.

The Gujarat government has made Aarogya Setu, the contact tracing app for tracking COVID-19 patients, mandatory for all its employees. In a notification issued on Saturday, the government has asked the employees to come to office only if their personal status on the app says “safe” or “less risky”.

The notification said that even those employees who are working for the government through outsourced agencies should also download the application.

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“It is mandatory for all officials and employees to use the Aarogya Setu App. It is the responsibility of the respective heads of the department to see that all the employees are using this application,” said the notification.

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