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Is Aarogya Setu app a game changer in India's Covid fight? Six months on, opinion is divided!
Synopsis
Central government authorities who built the app claim that contact tracing through Aarogya Setu yields a positivity rate of close to 27%, which is much higher than the national 8% rate derived through testing.
NEW DELHI: Six months after its high decibel launch, opinion is divided among states and local administrations about the effectiveness of Aarogya Setu as a tool for disease prediction and contact tracing.Central government authorities who built the app claim that contact tracing through Aarogya Setu yields a positivity rate of close to 27%, which is much higher than the national 8% rate derived through testing. According to official data, the
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