UK tests use of drone to deliver supplies to hospitals

The ‘Wingracers ULTRA’ drone parked by the runway at Solent Airport, in Lee-on-the-Solent, England. Britain is testing the use of a car-sized drone to deliver medical supplies more quickly to hospitals and help ease pressure on the country’s health system during the new coronavirus crisis. — AP

STUBBINGTON, England: Britain is testing the use of a car-sized drone to deliver medical supplies more quickly to hospitals and help ease pressure on the country’s health system during the new coronavirus crisis.

The first such delivery was completed Saturday, when a large, fixed-wing drone soared into the skies from an airport on England’s south coast. It landed ten minutes later at an airfield on the Isle of Wight 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) away, where its cargo of pathology samples was then driven to the local hospital.