Many users were not able to log in to Aarogya Setu, service resumed

Government-launched COVID-19 tracing app Arogya Setu has resumed service after users reported login issues last night. Without clarifying what was the reason behind the technical glitch, Aarogya Setu announced the news through its Twitter account. The tweet read (translated) “The bridge is back.” Late on Tuesday evening, users on Twitter reported that despite entering the correct OTP, the app was showing ‘error’ while logging in. This caused panic among some airline passengers and other travelers as the government has made it mandatory for them to register on the Aarogya Setu app before travelling.

By users on Tuesday evening login problem After reporting the issue, Aarogya Setu took to Twitter to acknowledge the problem.

Arogya Setu the team wrote(translated) “Some users have reported login issues on Aarogya Setu. Our technical teams are working on it. We will be back soon.”

A few hours later, it was announced that the problem had been fixed. However, the cause of the technical problem was not addressed.

According to reports from users on Twitter, the problems with Aarogya Setu started around 9:30 pm and continued till midnight.

Let us tell you that Arogya Setu has been downloaded more than 10 crore times on Google Play. The app recently crossed the figure of more than three crore downloads on Jio Phone models running KaiOS.

The app was introduced in April to limit the spread of COVID-19 in the country. This app traces people’s contacts with Covid infected people using Bluetooth and location in the phone.