Rwanda embrace Robotics Technologies to fight Coronavirus at treatment centres. The country’s Health Ministry announced on Wednesday, that the country will be using robots to aid in the fight against COVID-19.
Robots will now be used to Screen COVID-19 Patients in hospitals, “to screen 50 to 150 people per minute, deliver food and medication to patient rooms, capture data and notify officers on duty about detecting abnormalities,” according to tweets from the Ministry of Health’s page.
Health Minister Daniel Ngamije told BBC Africa, that the country is working on getting more robots that can perform other tasks such as disinfecting public spaces.
BBC Africa report notes that, the robots are manufactured by a Belgium-based company and also have the capability to alert health workers of abnormalities and warn people who aren’t wearing marks, or are wearing them improperly.
“The infectious nature of COVID-19 calls for technological innovations to tackle the pandemic. This is why Rwanda has introduced robots and drones among other high-tech initiatives to enhance efficiency in the fight,” ICT and Innovation Minister Paula Ingabire say.
The infectious nature of COVID-19 calls for technological innovations to tackle the pandemic: This is why Rwanda has introduced robots, drones among high- tech initiatives to enhance efficiency in the fight Rwanda, he said.
Healthcare in Rwanda was historically of poor quality, but in recent decades has seen great improvement. Rwanda operates a universal health care system, and is considered to have one of the highest-quality health systems in Africa.
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