World Bank Lauds Aarogya Setu App; Google, Apple To Develop Similar Software For Smartphones For Contact Tracing

The World Bank has lauded early deployment of technology backed Aarogya Setu smartphone application to help in contact tracing and containing the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the nation, reports Times of India.

Making a mention of the application, the South Economic Focus report of the World Bank which was released on Sunday (12 April) underscored that innovative solutions could greatly help educate and track contagion across the populations at large.

It should be noted that merely days after the launch of the application by the Government, United States (US) based global technology giant Apple and Google announced on Saturday (11 April) that they had taken up the building of software for smartphones which would help in contact tracing, just as the Aarogya Setu application does.

Reacting to the development, NITI Aayog's chief Amitabh Kant took to Twitter and shared, "India leads the way in contact tracing for COVID-19: privacy first by design, secure, robust and scalable to billion users. Glad to see Apple and Google joining hands to develop contact tracing on the lines of Aarogya Setu."