Using drones to transport suspected COVID-19 samples; experiences from the second largest testing centre in Ghana, West Africa.
Augustina Angelina AnnanMichael OwusuBernadette AgbavorAlex KwartengNana Kwame Ayisi-BoatengPatrick OforiPhilip El-DuahRichmond YeboahSherihane AryeeteyJesse Addo AsamoahRita Ziem EkekpiMorrah OppongRichmond GormanKofi Adjei BrempongEmmanuella Nyarko-AfriyieFelix Owusu BonsuRita Larsen-ReindorfMichael Rockson AdjeiGifty BoatengFranklin Asiedu-BekoeBadu SarkodieDennis O LaryeaEmmanuel TinkorangPatrick Kumah AboagyeAnthony Nsiah AsareKwasi Obiri-DansoEllis Owusu-DaboYaw Adu-SarkodieRichard Odame PhillipsPublished in: PloS one (2022)
The use of drones for sample transport during the COVID-19 pandemic significantly reduced the travel time taken for samples to be transported by road to the testing site. This has enhanced innovative measures to fight the pandemic using technology.