To fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and provide as much as information, the Gurugram District administration on Monday has launched a portal 'covidggn.com' for making relevant information readily available to the people.

All the required information will be also available in GC3 android mobile application.  GC3 stands for ‘Gurugram COVID Combat Companion’ which is available for download on the Google play store.

According to the gurugram administration officials, at present the portal provide information regarding testing centres, helpline numbers, Ambulance helpline number, hospital beds availability, location of hospitals, general statistical reports, testing charges, number of Covid-19 patient's etc.

Officials said that other useful information related to Covid management  will be added to enhance the utility of this portal and application.

During the launch the Divisional Commissioner, Rajeev Ranjan stated that the availability of information on various platform is much needed and with these online platform provide resiquite information to the end users.

The portal also has provision of administrative login, wherein, all departments like Municipal Corporation, Health department and Ayush can work in parallel without loss of time for transmission of data. Even data from ICMR is imported for quick processing by the various departments.

"The portal contains detailed information about every positive patient in the district. The data of patients are updated on this portal on hourly basis," said Chief Medical Officer Dr. Virender Yadav.

The officials also claimed that these portal and App is a light application which can work with limited internet connectivity. The portal and app have been developed by DAY Technologies in collaboration with Gurugram District Administration.

"In view of the recent increase in COVID cases in Gurugram and adjoining areas, it is necessary that the proper knowledge, wearing of mask, sanitizer and social distancing are few basic tools in this war against Covid-19. Everyone must understand the seriousness of the virus" said the divisional commissioner.