Army of drones deployed across China to disperse disinfectant

Footage has captured the drones hovering several metres above the ground as disinfectant liquid is sprayed from the underside of each machine. China's drone army fighting coronavirus: Farm, police and personal drones are repurposed to spray disinfectant over villages and cities hit by killer virus. An army of drones has been deployed in China to spray disinfectant over villages and cities that have been hit by coronavirus. It is thought that the airborne devices are currently being used in the coastal provinces of Jilin, Shandong and Zhejiang. It is hoped that the disinfectant will prevent the killer virus from spreading further.  One villager in the city of Heze, Shandong, offered his personal drone which was used to disinfect an area of 16,000 square metres (172,000 square feet) in a single morning. The unmanned aerial vehicles are proving to be a much faster method of delivering public hygiene than traditional means either on foot or by lorry. Crop protection officer Qin Chunhong, from the village of Longfu, Sichuan, reportedly disinfected his village on January 30 using his own drone. He said: 'Drones can cover a much wider area and achieve very good disease prevention results. The respiratory disease presenting with similar symptoms to pneumonia is now a global health crisis, the World Health Organization declared yesterday.