Australia’s Prime Minister has called upon everyone in Australia to download and install “CovidSafe” app on your mobile phones. Hindu Council strongly recommends everyone to do so.
Many of you would have heard of ArogyaSetu app in India to help stop spread of Corona virus. CovidSafe helps stop spread of Corona virus in Australia in the same way.
Please download CovidSafe app.
As of yesterday (1st May) 3.5 million Australians have downloaded the app but we need millions more to do so.
· The app is our ticket to ensuring that we can have eased restrictions and we can go back to the lifestyle and the many things that we love to do.
· Information through the app will only be accessible to state and territory health officials. Any other access or use will be a criminal offense.
· The app will only keep contact information for 21 days. Once the pandemic is over, and the app is no longer needed, the app and all its data will be deleted permanently. No virus, no app.
· We want to be in a position to allow Australians back into a more open economy and a more open environment, but we need to have the protection of the COVIDSafe app.
· The app enables us to know who has been in contact, how we can isolate those groups and constrain and constrict that virus from getting to other people.
· When we move to reduce restrictions, we want to make sure we keep moving forward. We do not want to go into a start, stop or even worse; reverse process into the future. So it is important we have the proper protections in place.
· We are all in this together and this is something that Australians can do to contribute.
