Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio launched the ‘Self declaration COVID-19 Nagaland App’ on Saturday at his residential office. Rio in his tweet said that the mobile application was mandatory for any person who entered Nagaland after March 6, 2020 even if they have called the state/district helpline.
According to DIPR, the Health department has taken a step further to tackle the threat posed by the growing pandemic of COVID -19 and launched the app which will be crucial in tracking and surveillance of high-risk cases, thus preventing spread in the community.
The mobile application will track registered individuals using their phone’s GPS and offer alert notification specific to user location. “The department will track the users and keep a close surveillance through the app in order to curb the community spread,” it added. It also urged students or travellers to register immediately even if one had called the state/district helpline and registered earlier, saying “non-compliance is a punishable offence under Epidemic disease Act 1897.”
Android users can download the nCOVID-19 App from the app store from https://naKalandhealthproiect.on and IOS users can download from https://www.nagalandhealthproject.org/covid/login-user.php.