JERUSALEM – The drone glides up toward a high-rise until it reaches an apartment window where a woman waves from inside, proving to police that she is self-isolating after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Israeli police are deploying drones as part of efforts to stem the outbreak, allowing officers to keep a safe distance from infected people.
Israel has also approved the use of phone-spying technology that was previously used against Palestinian militants. Israel and other countries have rapidly come to see such methods as crucial tools to prevent the spread of the virus, which has infected nearly 2 million people worldwide, killed more than 120,000 and prompted economically devastating lockdowns.