Spain will unleash robots capable of testing 80,000 patients a day into the heart of its coronavirus fight. The Spanish government says it will deploy the machines that will increase testing from its current daily figure of between 15,000 and 20,000. Raquel Yotti, head of Madrid's Health Institute Carlos III, said the plans to deploy the robots are already under way. She spoke as Spain's death toll surpassed 1,300 and the number of cases reached nearly 25,000. She said at a conference: "A plan to automate tests through robots has been already designed, and Spain has committed to buying four robots that will allow us to execute 80,000 tests per day."

In the fight against coronavirus, doctors have been given a helping hand, thanks to coronavirus patrol robots . The robots are being used in hospitals in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province, in the hopes of preventing the virus from spreading. The bots can quickly check people's temperatures and identities, and even disinfect them, according to AFP. AFP explained: "The hospital uses the robot to reduce the pressure on front-line medical staff and to avoid cross infections from the COVID-19 coronavirus." These aren't the only robots being used to curb the spread of the coronavirus.