A police drone has been filmed tracking down civilians breaking strict quarantine rules in China's Hubei Province which has been plagued with coronavirus<br />This dystopian-style video shows how drone police enforcing a quarantine in China find a group of people hiding on a roof – then blast them in a furious tirade on a loudspeaker.<br /><br />The people were believed to be playing gambling games together in a rooftop garden amid the deadly coronavirus or "COVID-19" outbreak – of which they have been 78,824 cases and 2,788 deaths in China.<br />Police officers in Maojian District in the city of Shiyan, which is in Hubei Province where the outbreak began, discovered the fearless group of neighbours playing a popular tile-matching game known as Mahjong on February 18.<br /><br />In the video, which shows eery scenes of unmanned drones hovering through the air above empty streets, a policeman forces the group to scatter with a<br />He repeats: “Do not gather! Do not gather!” to enforce the city-wide lockdown that has been in place for more than a month.<br /><br />The same footage also shows officers reminding residents that they are only allowed outdoors if they are carrying an exit permit – a document that restricts every household to sending just one family member to go out and buy necessities once a day.<br /><br />Large gatherings such as sporting events or weddings have been outlawed during the outbreak.<br />Gambling is also forbidden as the group activity may cause accidental transmission of COVID-19.<br /><br />The entire province of Hubei, where nearly 60 million people live, has been on full lockdown since January 24.<br /><br /><br />It is currently not known when large-scale travel restrictions aimed at containing the outbreak will be relaxed.<br /><br />China has not been shy to demonstrate its technological capability in the battle against the virus – with earlier footage showing an army of drones spraying disinfectant over entire villages .<br />It was claimed that a single drone managed to spray disinfectant across 16,000 square metres in just one morning.<br /><br />China also used thermal drones to try to locate civilians who had a fever and had not put themself in quarantine.<br /><br />However, to tackle locusts the country stuck to its traditional – and effective – method of sending 100,000 ducks to eat the invading pests.<br />
