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South Korea installs anti-virus bus shelters with temperature sensors and UV lamps – The Guardian
Glass-walled booths in Seoul won’t let you in unless your temperature is normal
South Korea has opened a high-tech new front in the battle against coronavirus, fortifying bus shelters in the capital with temperature-checking doors and ultraviolet disinfection lamps.
To enter, passengers must stand in front of an automated thermal-imaging camera, and the door will slide open only if their temperature is below 37.5C.
A separate camera is installed lower down to test children.
Inside the glass-walled booths which cost about 100m won ($84,000) each the air-conditioning syste…
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