VARESE, Italy: He doesn't wear a mask but he is helping save lives from coronavirus just the same. Meet Tommy, the robot nurse.
Tommy is one of six new robots helping flesh-and-blood doctors and nurses care for coronavirus patients at the Circolo Hospital in Varese, a city in the northern Lombardy region that is the epicentre of the outbreak in Italy.
Advertisement Advertisement "It's like having another nurse without problems related to infection," said Doctor Francesco Dentali, director of