The idea began in China and was later replicated in other countries highly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with the aim of monitor social distancing and rebels who do not wear a mask. It’s about the control drones.
The difference between these surveillance devices is that have a loudspeaker, so citizens can be warned to respect sanitary measures arranged by authority.
How would this system work in the Metropolitan Region?
A team of CHV News accompanied the drone’s journey through Central Station, where several people lined up to enter the supermarket.
Isaías Llanquín, in charge of the security inspection in the commune, assures that “the controls that are normally carried out they are to verify that people have their mask and if they do not have it, it is recommended that they put it on ”.
It further indicates that there is a demarcation on the floor that indicates the physical distance that must exist between the people who line up.
According to the team of CHV News, he system has been effective, since people respect social distance as soon as they listen to the drone.
“I think that technology has to go hand in hand with the different crises, but by itself it will not meet the objective, it has to be part of a more comprehensive strategy ”sentence Rodrigo Delgado, Mayor of Central Station.
The behavior of people at this point in the capital is positive, but it should be noted that the sector has Carabineros that it controls, so most of the time they worry about complying with sanitary measures required by law, but what happens in a free fair where there are no lines?
In Ñuñoa the situation is different, since In just 15 minutes of flight, the team noticed several people who were not wearing the mask.
Prodrone’s director of development, Maximiliano Rodríguez, claims that two pilots control the aircraft and while one records, the other speaks on the loudspeaker, emphasizing the Minsal’s recommendations.
The Municipality of Las Condes is the only one that has had this technology, which is used to inform the community about sanitary measures.
Joaquín Lavín, mayor of Las Condes, comments that “When people are spoken to through the speakers, they withdraw”, stressing that they not only use drones, but They also have cars with speakers.
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Matías Rosselló, public safety inspector of the commune says that “when people listen to us, they have different reactions. At first people took it very lightly and paid no attention. Currently the number of people wearing the mask has increased by more than 90% ”.
One of the drone tours is done by Columbus East, one of the most critical and vulnerable sectors of the commune of Las Condes, where according to municipal officials, are the most stubborn.
And is that Inhabitants who breach quarantines are almost always the same and have a history of theft.
In any case, the system has contributed to the control of the pandemic and contrary to the criticism that arose in other countries about feeling continuously watched, In Chile, citizens appreciate the presence of drones to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
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