Arogya Setu wristbands to monitor COVID-19 patients? Govt says its fake

New Delhi, Apr 22: A prominent newspaper has claimed that the government is procuring wrist bands to monitor the movement of COVID-19 patients.

The claim is that the Centre is preparing to procure thousands of wristbands, which will be embedded with the Aarogya Setu app to monitor the movement of COVID-19 patients in hospitals and home quarantine.

The Press Information Bureau has termed this news as fake. There is no such news and this news is fake and baseless, PIB also said.