Uses of Drones in Fighting COVID-19 Pandemic

ABSTRACT

COVID-19 outbreak has been faced by every country across the globe. Its affects transmit through direct or indirect contact of infected person with a healthy person. So, isolation is one of the mechanism for prevention from it. Now a day's advancement in technology is playing a great role in fighting against COVID-19. Uses of drone is one of them. Drones can offer a large number of services in this era. Drone or UAV's not only minimizes the risk of contact, they had been used for aerial monitoring of containment or curfews areas, for evaluation of post-massive epidemic contagious diseases, for reaching inaccessible areas and many mores. This study, presents the utilization of drones in various areas in fighting against COVID-19 pandemic and various technologies that assists these drones. Various challenges in the implementation of contactless deliveries using drones have been presented. © 2021 IEEE.