China Uses Drones To Scold People Without Masks

The New York Post reports:

Chinese authorities are taking coronavirus surveillance to new heights — using drones to scold citizens who go outside without face masks.

“Yes, auntie, this is the drone speaking to you. You shouldn’t walk about without wearing a mask,” says the caption of a video posted Friday on Twitter by the Global Times, the English-language newspaper published by the state-run People’s Daily.

The video shows an older woman in the northern province of Inner Mongolia, more than 1,000 miles from the center of the outbreak in the city of Wuhan, smiling up at the drone. Then she turns and begins walking quickly away, as it follows her. “Yes you’d better go back home and don’t forget to wash your hands,” the caption continues.

Watch the clip.

Walking around without a protective face mask? Well, you can’t avoid these sharp-tongued drones! Many village and cities in China are using drones equipped with speakers to patrol during the #coronavirus outbreak. pic.twitter.com/ILbLmlkL9R

— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) January 31, 2020