"I can't wait to check all the villages on the screens," says Messina's mayor, as a fleet of drones are readied to help him enforce the lockdown put in place in Italy to try and stem the increase in coronavirus infections.
Italy has been ravaged by COVID-19, and is currently the world's worst-affected country with more than 74,000 cases and 7,500 deaths officially recorded, Euronews reports.
Authorities have been trying to keep citizens locked down to prevent further spread of the disease, with some resorting to expletive-ridden tirades on social media.
And with the use of drones being approved in the country for surveill...