Greece tests drone drug delivery for remote regions


  • World
  • Wednesday, 22 Sep 2021

A medicines delivery drone flies outside a drugstore in Trikala, Greece September 21, 2021. REUTERS/Thanos Floulis

TRIKALA, Greece (Reuters) - Greece on Tuesday tested a drone to deliver medicines to isolated places in an environmentally friendly way, sending the unmanned vehicle to a 200-person village.

The red drone with four rotor blades took off from the northwestern Greek city of Trikala and flew 3 kilometers (0.5 miles) to Leptokarya. It made two stops, landing outside a pharmacy and in a farmer's field.

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