Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. New York City's police department is reportedly considering the use of "pandemic drone" technology to determine if people are infected with coronavirus, even though a Connecticut town has already scrapped its plan due to privacy concerns. Westport residents were successful in stymying plans for a drone that could detect a person's temperature, along with their heart and respiratory rates, from as high as 190 feet in the air, The New York Post reported. The NYPD reached out to Westport police for contact information regarding Draganfly, the Canadian company that manufactures the drone.

If anyone knows the name "Draganfly," it may be from an unfortunate news story from last week. The Canadian company's plan to test a coronavirus-monitoring "pandemic drone" in Westport, Connecticut, came to a halt when anxious citizens and civil rights advocates got wind of it. But that was just one town. The company says it has many other takers, and that the pandemic drone is far from dead. News site VentureBeat has a great in-depth look at the drone company's COVID-19 work that is well worth a thorough read.

Experts are set to unleash a'pandemic drone' to help limit the spread of coronavirus. The drone is fitted with sensors and computer vision, allowing it to monitor and detect people with infectious respiratory conditions. The system could also identify people sneezing and coughing in crowds, offices, airports, cruise ships, aged care homes and other places where groups of people may work or congregate. Its creators hope to deploy the drone in six months and in various hotspots where'the most amount of detection is currently required.' Experts are set to unleash a'pandemic drone' to help limit the spread of coronavirus.