Drones deliver PPE to communities in Appalachian Kentucky
Drones deliver PPE to EKY communities
and last updated 2020-12-17 09:54:29-05
PERRY COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) â As the COVID-19 vaccine rolls out across the country, people are encouraged to continue following CDC guidelines and wearing Personal Protective Equipment. However, there are still parts of Kentucky where there s little access to these materials.
That s why the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health, Kentucky Homeplace, and the USA Drone Port partnered to explore the use of drones to deliver PPE to people in Appalachian Kentucky. With funding from the UK Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences, or UK-CARES, they started a research project known as the Jericho Project.
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