Drones, the new frontliners?
A week after Pasig City announced that it would deploy “misting drones” to disinfect public areas, Marikina rolled out an airborne innovation of its own: a temperature-taking, talking drone.
As demoed yesterday in GMA 7’s 24 Oras, this drone will hover above the crowd at Marikina Public Market. It’s equipped with a thermal scanner hooked to a monitor.
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“Makikita sa monitor kung sino ang may lagnat,” reported Maki Pulido. And then, using its mounted loudspeaker, “mapapaalahanin na rin ang mamimili sa social distancing.”
The drone appears to be a DJI Enterprise 2 Mavic Dual.
“The Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual allows users to measure temperatures and conveniently store images and temperature data for efficient reporting and analysis,” says the company’s press release. It uses a FLIR Lepton Thermal microcamera to track body heat. Optional accessories for the drone include a 100-decibel speaker, which can play up to 10 pre-recorded messages.
Another innovation in the city was a proposed COVID-19 testing lab, developed with the UP National Institutes of Health and given a P3.8 million budget. On Thursday, however, Mayor Marcelino Teodoro said that the Department of Health had rejected the lab’s application because it should be housed in a separate building.
DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire denied that the DOH had rejected the application. Instead, she said to ABS-CBN News, the agency will work with the city government to “help them until they can attain the standards.”
Source: Spin PH
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