Drone: A lethal weapon against COVID-19
To combat the dreaded pandemic, Tamil Nadu-based Anna University has developed the world’s first petrol-engine long endurance drone which can disinfect large areas. The drones created by the University have already been effectively deployed in Chennai City and based on this success, the University is planning to market the drone.
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Drone to fight COVID-19: Anna University shows the way
ountries around the world are attempting various means to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, which has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) after it caused severe loss of lives on every continent. In India also, efforts are underway on a war-footing to fight the disease and Tamil Nadu-based Anna University has contributed to the cause by developing the world’s first petrol-engine long endurance drone which can disinfect large areas. In fact, the drones created by
the University have already been effectively deployed in Chennai City. Based on the success, the University is also planning to market the drone for the good cause. Caused by the coronavirus, officially referred to as the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), COVID-19 is highly infectious. The world is fighting against the disease by preventing its spread and controlling it to improve the chances of saving human lives. Scientists have suggested that there is a possibility of aerosol transmission of SARS-
CoV-2 similar to respiratory diseases such as tuberculosis, measles and chickenpox. In aerosol transmission, diseasecausing organisms are carried through air by aerodynamic forces or propelled through the air by force similar to an aircraft becoming airborne. The aerodynamic characteristics and transmission pathways of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosols are very difficult to identify in the real world due to the difficulties in sampling coronavirus and challenges in quantification at low concentration. Airborne SARS-CoV-2
