The government is taking all possible steps to fight against Corona. After creating WhatsApp, Facebook chatbot, the government has launched the Corona Kavach app. Where you will get all the information related to the Covid-19 epidemic and you will be able to test yourself.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched an app tracking Covid-19. Let me tell you that this app is in beta phase and work is going on right now. We downloaded this app on our phone and saw how it works. This app to track the coronavirus is currently available for Android users.
The app can be downloaded from the Google Play Store. This app tracks the location of the user and then tells whether he has come in contact with any corona positive person. This app is very easy to use. It asks you questions related to difficulty in breathing, your temperature, travel history. Let us show you how this app can be used.
How to use this App?
First, open the Corona Kavach app. Now you will see a screen that says that this app has been created by MeitY and MHFW.
After tapping on the next few screens of the app, it asks you permission to track your location. Apart from this, permission to files on your device is also asked. After all this, app asks the user to register with the One Time Password (OTP) sent on his mobile.
On the homepage of the app, you get the basic information related to the number of people infected with corona, the number of cured people and deaths. You can also fill up a list of questions to know your status by going to the menu.
A one-hour countdown will begin by clicking on Corona Kavach’s logo. This countdown will tell how long your location will be tracked.
If you come in contact with someone whose status is set as infected. In this case, the app can send an alert. Right now this is the only information about Corona Kavach so that you can know how to use this app.