Gurugram: Two areas may be coronavirus hotspots soon, Aarogya Setu app shows

GURUGRAM: Data from the Aarogya Setu app has indicated that Arjun Nagar and the Air Force station area could turn into Covid hotspots in the coming days.
The app categorises areas into four colour codes — pink, amber, deep blue and blue. Pink represents areas that are set to turn into hotspots, amber symbolises a potential hotspot, and deep blue and blue are for mild areas. The app records the user’s travel history, a declaration of whether he or she has undergone a Covid test, whether the person is in contact with a positive patient or another who may have gone for a Covid test.
“As per the app data, two pin codes — 122001 and 122005 — are likely to turn into hotspots, as an increased presence of Covid-19 contacts has been found. In Haryana, about 50 lakh people have downloaded the app, which is helping detect cases,” said Prabhjot Singh, a government official.
The health department will start door-to-door screening and initiate contact tracing of positive patients, for which it also plans to launch an app. “We are in talks with the administration to launch an app that will help us trace contacts of positive cases,” said Rajeev Arora, Haryana additional chief secretary, health.
Arora stressed on the need to streamline testing. “We will put more people who are asymptomatic in isolation. We are discussing how to divide the district into five or seven areas to screen people. We will have a website with information about testing, hospitals and quarantine centres,” he said.