In Shanghai, a robot dog carries a loudspeaker that disseminates the safety measures to be taken to combat the Covid pandemic. “Wear a mask, wash your hands frequently, check the temperature”: the message recalls those spread by law enforcement patrols, not only in China, on the deserted streets of the metropolises during the past lockdowns, in a more severe phase of the pandemic where vaccines could not be relied upon. China is facing the highest number of infections in the last two years and the trend of the pandemic with the Chinese government, which is committed to reviving the country’s economy.
