In
response to a sudden increase in confirmed cases of COVID-19, police in
Spain are using drones to patrol towns and urge people to stay indoors.
The
country issued a state of emergency on Friday, and on Saturday the
government ordered everyone in the country to stay home for all but the
most crucial trips outdoors, according to Business Insider. And now, like in China earlier this year, Spanish police are hoping to shame people into staying indoors without having to approach them and risk spreading disease.
Footage from the BBC shows
police speaking into a radio and urging people walking through a Madrid
park to go home. Meanwhile, a drone flying overhead relays the message
to the people who were outside in spite of the quarantine.
Cops using drones to yell at people to stay inside sounds like something straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia....
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