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    Morocco Liftoffs Cavalcade of Drones in a Bid to Tackle the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic

    Posted On 11 May 2020
    By : New Africa Business News, Staff Correspondent
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    By Abdul Rahman Bangura–

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    NEW AFRICA BUSINESS NEWS ( NABN ) Freetown, Sierra Leone- Morocco in a bid to bit down COVID 19 has strategize strategizes promptly to broadened its cavalcade of drones as it combats the Novel Coronavirus scourge, deploying them for aerial supervision, public service announcements and sanitization.

    “This is a real craze. In just weeks, demand has tripled in Morocco and other countries in the region,” stated Yassine Qamous, Chief of Droneway Maroc, African distributor for leading Chinese drone Company DJI.

    Moroccan firms have been using drones for years and Qamous says it “is among the most advanced countries in Africa” for unmanned flight, with a dedicated industrial base, researchers and qualified pilots.

    But restrictive regulations have long limited civilian drones to specific applications such as filming, agriculture, monitoring solar panels and mapping.

    That changed rapidly as the Novel Coronavirus cruised across the world.

    Previously, permissions have employed drones to issue signals, specify skeptical trend in the streets and disperse illegal rooftop and balcony gatherings.

    A stringent nationwide lockdown compelled in March has not been uniformly honored, with local media reporting on nocturnal assemblies of neighbors and united prayers on roofs, beyond the view of street patrols.

    Last week local authorities in Temara, a town near the capital Rabat, inaugurated a high-precision aerial oversight system expanded by local company Beti3D, which recently worked in aerial mapping.

    Countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East have also approved technology deployed in China since the start of the pandemic, whether for tracking the movements of citizens, disinfecting public spaces or promoting deliveries.

    “Drones have quickly emerged as a vital technology for public safety agencies during this crisis as they can safely monitor public spaces,” according to the website of DJI by far the world’s top drone maker.

    Like most countries, Morocco primarily uses imported Chinese drones. But the emergence of new applications linked to the pandemic is also driving local production of specialized aerial vehicles.

    “There is real demand,” stated Abderrahmane Krioual, the Head of Farasha, a startup that has raised funds to produce drones for thermal surveillance and aerial disinfectant spraying.

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    The aeronautics department of the International University of Rabat (UIR) offered its facilities, expertise and prototypes to authorities in March, deploying drones with loudspeakers or infrared cameras able to detect movement at night or spot individuals with high temperatures.

    Several projects are underway across the country ahead of the widespread deployment of various models of drones, said Mohsine Bouya, the university’s director of technology development and transfer.

    Teams are also developing tracking applications, but “we’ll have to wait for a change to the law” before launching them, he said.

    Moroccan authorities declined to comment on the use of drones or the numbers deployed since the start of the public health emergency in mid-March.

    Contrary in some countries, the usage of oversight drones has not provoked public controversy in Morocco, where the kingdom’s autocratic reaction to the pandemic is widely funded Morocco shut down its borders earlier and commissioned law enforcement with imposing strict captivity measures on the population.

    They include movement restrictions and the mandatory wearing of masks, with a nighttime curfew since the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan — enforced by a heavy police presence.

    Those found guilty of violating lockdown measures face one to three months in prison, a fine equivalent to $125, or both.

    Officials say police have arrested 85,000 people for breaching lockdown measures between March 15 and April 30, bringing 50,000 prosecutions.

    Governments say, the regulations have limited information of the virus, with 5,053 COVID-19 cases reported including 179 deaths and 1,653 recoveries since the crisis began.

    But the kingdom’s high number of arrests has drawn criticism from Georgette Gagnon, director of field operations at the United Nations’ Human Rights Office.

    Last week she listed Morocco among countries where repressive coronavirus measures have created a “toxic lockdown culture”.

    Morocco disputed this, saying its measures were “in line with legal frameworks respecting human rights”.

     

     

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