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Rwanda: Rwanda Deploys Robots in Treating COVID-19 Patients
East African, 12 May 2020
Rwanda will this week begin using humanoid robots in coronavirus treatment centres to minimise human interaction. Read more »
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Ghana: Drones Help Combat COVID-19
VOA, 30 April 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced Ghana to improve its health care system. This week the government pledged to build dozens of new hospitals throughout the West African nation. Read more »
Africa Turns to Drones, Robots to Help Enforce COVID-19 Lockdowns
Nations including Ghana, Namibia, and Tunisia have taken to the deployment of drones - some of which are capable of thermal imaging - to ensure their respective populations adhere to lockdown measures to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, Rwanda's Minister of Health, Dr Daniel Ngamije, announced the use of humanoid robots that will monitor patients' vital signs including temperature, heart rate, blood, and oxygen levels and relay response to doctors and nurses remotely and minimise human interaction.
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