Monday 23 March 2020
Spain plans to deploy a fleet of robots that will automate the country’s coronavirus testing. Swift testing is essential to curtail the spread of the pandemic. But it also exposes testers to the infection, risking their lives and further straining a workforce already stretched beyond its limits. In Spain, around 12% of the 35,000 diagnosed with the coronavirus are health workers. The fleet of robots would reduce their risk of exposure and quadruple the 15,000-20,000 tests Spain currently does a day, according to Bloomberg. [Read: Israel builds survey-reading AI that predicts coronavirus outbreaks] Raquel Yotti, the head of the Madrid-based Health…
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