UK government to start trials of drones delivering medical supplies
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The UK government has green-lit trials for drone delivery of medicines and medical equipment, UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said at the daily coronavirus briefing on Friday.
Plans were already in motion to use drones to make deliveries in the UK, but due to the coronavirus crisis, "now we have an urgent need" to fast-track them, he said.
The trials will begin next week and will carry medical equipment to St Mary's Hospital on the Isle of Wight, off UK's southern coast, Shapps said.
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