FREE newsletter is packed with the best (and weirdest) stories from around the worldRobots are set to work along doctors to help monitor coronavirus patients in India in order to cope with a shortage of healthcare workers.The decision comes after a suggestion to use the robots was made by a team in the Karnataka region in order to help them cope during the pandemic.Dr K Sudhakar, the region’s medical education minister who is also in charge of the coronavirus response said he hoped it would stop the virus from circulating.He added: “It was the technical committee’s suggestion to us.
This will help us contain the spread of the pandemic.”A trial started on Thursday and a formal decision whether to use the robots on a more permanent basis will.