When Will Coronavirus End
when will coronavirus end, CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Officials in Singapore said they would begin screening passengers arriving on flights from Wuhan for fever. Taiwan has reportedly implemented similar procedures. The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
when will coronavirus end - Chinese officials say the jump comes down to the methodology used to diagnosed new cases; Benjamin Hall reports from London. Could robots be a vital weapon in the battle against the novel coronavirus? The outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China, has infected more than 60,000 people worldwide and the death toll stands at more than 1,300 as of Friday. This has taxed human health care workers, doctors and nurses. Robots have already been deployed in some Chinese hospitals to deliver medicines and disinfect surfaces, according to media reports, and they have also been used to transport supplies in Wuhan.
when will coronavirus end, TRACK CORONAVIRUS’ GLOBAL SPREAD IN REAL TIME WITH THIS INTERACTIVE MAP Colin Angle, the CEO of consumer robot specialist iRobot, told Fox News that robots are hard at work helping the infected patients and delivering medical supplies. Technicians work on a second-generation disinfection robot in a technological company in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 11, 2020. Qingdao has called on tech companies to research, develop and refit disinfection robots which can replace human in disinfection operations. Some of the robots have been put into use in the isolation areas of several hospitals. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng via Getty Images)
when will coronavirus end - “They meet the needs of a potentially large infected population while minimizing the risk of exposure to caregivers and people who don’t know if they are infected or not,” he said. “They don't get tired, they can be deployed all over a hospital, supervised by a small number of humans, to multiply a workforce,” said robotics expert Marcia O'Malley, a professor of mechanical engineering at Rice University in Houston, Texas. “They can take on tasks that are repetitive.”
when will coronavirus end - CORONAVIRUS FORCES APPLE, GOOGLE AND OTHER TECH GIANTS TO TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES That’s one important factor -- robots don’t mind tedium. As the outbreak reaches a large cross section of Wuhan, robots will work tirelessly at all hours of the day. O'Malley said robots in China can do more than deliver medicine, however. Some can scan medicine inventory and remove outdated supplies. Others can spray disinfectants and can even prevent the spread of infectious diseases in public spaces.