Arogya Setu Mitr launched

Under the public-private partnership, the initiative called Arogya Setu Mitr was launched. The feature is to be available in the Arogya Setu application. It is offer free COVID-19 related consultation.

Highlights

• In partnership with the Tech Mahindra, Tata Group and Swasth the Arogya Setu Mitr was launched. 
• It will offer free online consultation to COVID-19 with the data provided by the three private sector firms and government entities.
• The Arogya Setu Mitr is to perform as an individual site. 
• It cannot access data from the application Arogya Setu. 
• It was initiated with the advice of Niti Aayog and principal and scientific advisor of the Prime Minister.
• The Tata Bridigital Health has been included in the network as it offers video, audio and chat consultations to more than 100 doctors. 
• The Tech Mahindra platform offers audio and video consultations through doctors from Nightingale and other hospitals.

Key Features

• The initiative includes free tele-consultation to those who have COVID-19 like symptoms. 
• It will also provide ancillary services at market rates. 
• This includes home collection of samples, medicine delivery, etc.

Arogya Setu

• The Arogya Setu application was launched to achieve contact tracing of COVID-19. 
• The application helps to track people infected by the virus. 
• It uses GPS and Bluetooth features in smart phones in order to achieve this. 
• It was developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC).