Lok Sabha Question No. 2777 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-12
Subject: Digital Process for Tracking Coronavirus
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel, Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2777 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH March , 2021

## DIGITAL PROCESS FOR TRACKING CORONAVIRUS

## 2777. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL: SHRIMATI MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  initiated  digital process  for  tracing/tracking  Corona  and other  infectious diseases  not  only  to  enable  the  patient s  to  get  timely treatment  but  also prevent spread of such diseases;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  create awareness  about  various  diseases  and checking them at the primary level; and
- (d) the details of the funds spent in this head during the last five years?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) & (b) : The Government has taken a number of steps for tracing / tracking of patie with coronand other infectious diseases in the country, as given below : -

Integrated  D iseaseSurveillance  Programme(IDSP) : -Under  IDSP,  Surveillance  units have been established in all States and District Headquarters and are reporting weekly epidemic pron e diseases.  The data is collected to monitor disease trends and to dete respond to outbreaks in early rising phase through trained Rapid Response Teams (RRT The  IDSP  has  also  been  geared  up  in  connection  with  Covid - 19  to  track  and  follow  up passe ngers coming from various countries like China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc.

Aarogya  SetuA pp is an app developed by Ministry  of  Electronics  and  IT  for  Covid - 19 contact  tracing ,  symptomsmapping  and  self -assessment.  It  also  helps in  identification  of C ovid - 19 clusters.

COWIN App is a digital platform developed by M inistry of Health and Family Welfare to help agencies keep a track of Covid - 19 vaccination programme and allowing I ndian citizens to apply for a Covid - 19 vaccine shot .

Covid- IndiaPortal& Testing Portal developed by M inistry of Health & FW for collecting state specific data pertai ning to various aspects of Covid - 19 management such as number of cases, infrastructure a vailability testing , etc.

(c) & (d):  The IDSP is implemented under theN ational H ealth M ission in all States/UTs with the objective to detect and respond to disease outbreaks due to epidemic prone diseases. To prevent the spread of such outbreaks, under IDSP States/UTs are provided with additional manpower, training  of  identified  Rapid  Response  Team  (RRT) members  for  outbreak investigations,  strengthening  of laboratories  for  detection  of  epidemic  prone  diseases,  IT equipment for data entry, analysis and d ata transfer.

Further,  the  health  awareness  media  campaigns  from  central  level  by  this  Ministry released through Bureau of Outreach and  Communication, Doordarshan, All India Radio etc.  The details of expenditure incurred during last five years by this ministry under Swastha Nagrik Abhiyan (SNA) are as under : -

| Year     |   Expenditure (Rs. in crore) |
|----------|------------------------------|
| 2015- 16 |                       223.07 |
| 2016- 17 |                       251.08 |
| 2017- 18 |                       188.47 |
| 2018- 19 |                       226.57 |
| 2019- 20 |                       132.2  |