If you get a call from 1921 anytime soon, be assured that it is from the Government of India, meant for a good cause. The government has announced that it will conduct a telephonic survey to receive feedback from the citizens on COVID-19. The survey will be carried out by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), Government of India. Read on to know more.
What Is It?
The government has recently released a ‘Tele survey through 1921’ statement which says that a call will be coming into peoples’ mobile phones for the coronavirus survey. The survey aims at taking feedbacks of the citizens to analyse the ‘prevalence and distribution of Covid symptoms.‘ It has also alerted citizens that calls coming from other numbers with the same cause might be a prank act. Only 1921 is the genuine number.
Govt. of India is going to conduct a ?survey to gather citizen feedback on prevalence & distribution of #COVID19 symptoms
✅Citizens will get calls on their mobile phones
✅Call will be from 1️⃣9️⃣2️⃣1️⃣
✅Survey by @NICMeity
?Beware of calls from other numbers
✅Pls participate! pic.twitter.com/4gPNiZKlg7— PIB in Maharashtra ?? #MaskYourself ? (@PIBMumbai) April 21, 2020
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What Else?
India has now about 19,984 confirmed cases, out of which around 15, 474 are active and the death toll is 640. From airport checkups and door-to-door rapid screening to temperature monitoring through drones, the government has taken up several measures till date to curb the spread of the virus. And now these telephonic calls might assist in putting an end to the pandemic even faster.
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If you get a call from 1921, listen to the questions asked carefully and do answer everything in detail. If you know someone who had international travel history but has not been monitored yet, inform that too. Let’s come together and support the government now in the best way we can to make India a country with zero coronavirus cases.