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Rwandan medical workers deploy robots to minimise coronavirus risk

The sleek white robots, with big bright blue eyes and a rather human appearance, were donated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and are helping frontline workers tackle the coronavirus crisis in Rwanda.

At the Kanyinya Covid-19 treatment facility a short distance from Rwanda’s capital Kigali, Fairmont The Norfolk’s and Ngabo report for duty, but these are no ordinary health care workers.

In a bid to minimise contact between patients infected with the coronavirus and doctors and nurses, the country has deployed the three robots to carry out simple tasks like taking temperatures and monitoring patients.

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