New Delhi, March 11 -- The government is set to repurpose and relaunch the pandemic-era Aarogya Setu mobile application as a personal health record (PHR) app, allowing patients to digitally access and share their health records while preventing any single health application from gaining a monopoly, two government officials aware of the development said.

The relaunch aims to move Aarogya Setu away from being a covid-era tracking tool and position it as a supplement to India's digital health infrastructure. It involves a complete overhaul of the app's core functionality, with the contact-tracing feature permanently discontinued and all associated data deleted to address privacy concerns, they said.

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