Restaurant owner in Assam redesigns robots to serve food to Covid-19 patients

The total number of Covid-19 cases in Assam has climbed to 5,006 while the death toll stands at nine.

SN Farid, a restaurant owner from Guwahati has redesigned robots to serve food and medicine to Covid-19 patients and facilitate virtual meeting with doctors.

The Guwahati-based restaurant owner has redesigned robots to assist health care professionals amid Covid-19 crisis. (ANI News/YouTube)

“We were using robots for 1.5 years to serve drinks to customers. I redesigned them to assist health care professionals,” Farid told ANI here.

Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday informed that as many as 102 new Covid-19 positive cases were reported in Assam, taking the total cases in the state to 5,006, including 1,928 active cases, 3,066 discharged and nine deaths.