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FIRST AERIAL USES DRONES TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE DURING THE THREE-DAY LOCKDOWN TO FIGHT COVID19

On Wednesday the 1st of April, His Excellency Rtd Brg Julius Maada Bio along with Ministers and National Authorities declared a three-day nationwide lockdown as a containment measure against the spread of COVID-19.

First Aerial in collaboration with The Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation - DSTI flew drones over Freetown to monitor the compliance of communities between the 5th and 7th of April.

Videos capturing communities were ranked on a scale of compliance from high to moderate to low. These videos were streamed live to drone operators and data from these drones were analyzed to rank communities.

Communities like Aberdeen, Congo Town, Murray Town, Jui, Kossoh Town, Kaningo, Regent Road Lumley were highly compliant.

King Jimmy, Fourah Bay Road, Wellington, Moeba Town, Waterloo, Brookfields, Hill Station were moderately compliant.

Kroo Bay, Looking town, Martomeh, Thompson Bay had very low levels of compliance.

From observations, non-compliance was because residents were outside fetching water. There was also disregard for social distancing directives.

The drone observation activities took place in a non-evasive way, personal privacy wasn’t violated, and reporting was channeled only to the appropriate stakeholders.

As Sierra Leone continues to fight COVID19 First Aerial is working closely with various partners to develop drone solutions for medical supply and community safety during the COVID19 response.

First Aerial urges all citizens of Sierra Leone to comply with the directives issued by the Ministry of Health and Office of the President.

Sierra Leone: Drones For Good support COVID-19 Response As part of Sierra Leone's national response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Directorate of Science, Technology, and Innovation (DSTI Sierra Leone) is using 4IR...