A man travelling on a suburban train in Mumbai on March 11. The rollout of the dozens of tracing apps being used by different Indian states has been mired in concerns over privacy issues. — AFP
CHENNAI, India: Harinder Kaur was not surprised when people slammed their doors in her face as she walked into neighbourhoods in the northern state of Punjab armed with a smartphone and a long list of health and travel-related questions.
The 28-year-old health worker had been told to go door-to-door in villages in Patiala district and help populate the state's Covid-19 tracing app with "thousands of details" people were unwilling to share, from their digestive health to their mobile numbers.
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