COVID-19: PM Modi urges people to download Arogya Setu app

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged people to downlo 'Aarogya Setu' mobile application, saying it is a fantastic use of techlogy to combat coronavirus.

"Tracks spre of COVID-19 and tifies you if someone around you is suffering from it. "Also lists help-desk numbers of various states," prime minister said in a series of tweets.

This is for second consecutive day he has tweeted on mobile application. Responding to tweets by those who have started using app, he said "only feeling scared of COVID-19 will t help".

"We have to take right precautions and fight this pandemic. Aarogya Setu is an important step in that direction," he said. "By leveraging techlogy, it provides important information. As more and more people use it, its effectiveness will increase," he wrote on Twitter on Wednesday.

He also shared links from where app can be downloed from online stores. government h on April 2 launched mobile app to help people assess mselves risk of getting infected with coronavirus and alert authorities if y have come in close contact with a person infected with dely virus.

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