New Delhi: The Joint Secretary (Administration) of the Department of Personal and Training (DoPT) instructed all officers and staff, including outsourced personnel, to run the check on their status on the Aarogya Setu App prior to starting for office.

All Central Government employees were on Wednesday directed to immediately download Aarogya Setu App on their mobile phones and confirm their status as “Safe” or “Low Risk” before setting off for their work place. Seeking strict adherence to the directions for improved for all Government staffers, if their status shows them to be “Moderate” or “High Risk” as calculated on the basis of blue tooth proximity (recent contact with any infected person), they should not attend office and self-isolate for 14 days till their status becomes safe or low risk. Alternatively a confirmation of their status as safe or low risk every morning would make the Government employees safe for their respective work places, DoPT said.

The Joint Secretary (Administration) has been asked by DoPT to ensure that directions in this regard are strictly followed in the respective Ministry or Department. Ministries/ Department may issues similar instructions to all autonomous/ statutory bodies, PSUS etc, attached to them, said DoPT.