Namibian mining town uses drone to monitor lockdown violations
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Read < 1minuteA Rwandan police drone fitted with a megaphone speaker flies in a residential neighbourhood to enforce a lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kigali, Rwanda April 15, 2020. Picture taken April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana
A small mining town in western Namibia said Wednesday it was deploying a drone to monitor if residents are complying with COVID-19 lockdown regulations.
The drone will take aerial pictures which are used by law enforcement officers to punish those violating lockdown regulations, Irene Jacobs, spokesperson of the Arandis town, told local media.
“This is in fact an efficient and inexpensive intervention that will not call for additional resources, cost or cause any disturbances,” Jacobs said.
Namibia has recorded 16 cases of COVID-19, of which eight cases have recovered. The government has extended the country’s lockdown until May 4 to slow the virus’ spread.
