WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hails Aarogya Setu for tracing COVID-19

WHO Director-General Tedros ham Ghebreyesus has hailed Aarogya Setu app for its role in tracking COVID-19 clusters and helping authorities to target test populations. Launched in April, Aarogya Setu app is Central government's primary tool for tracing and tracking people with COVID-19 infection. Highlighting that Aarogya Setu has over 150 million users, Ghebreyesus said that app has aided public health authorities significantly.  

"Aarogya Setu app from India has been downloed by 150 million users, and has helped city public health departments to identify areas where clusters could be anticipated and expand testing in a targeted way," said Tedros ham Ghebreyesus at a media briefing.

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About Aarogya Setu 

COVID-19 tracing app, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi back in April for Android and iOS users, has received a great response from people. Aarogya Setu app has been developed by National Informatics Centre under leership of Ministry of Electronics and Information Techlogy. application primarily helps users identifying if y were at risk of contracting infection.  

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In a sperate statement earlier, Ghebreyesus ruled out herd immunity strategy as a response to COVID-19 pandemic, calling it scientifically and ethically problematic. Speaking at a media briefing of October 12, WHO Director-General said that concept of herd immunity is used for vaccination and t for exposing people to virus.

WHO official stated that herd immunity has never in history of public health been used as a strategy for responding to a virus outbreak, as per reports. Elaborating on issues surrounding herd immunity, Ghebreyesus said that re is t eugh information about immunity, ding that y don’t kw longevity and strength of immune response developed within few weeks in people infected with COVID-19.

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(Im Credits - AP)