Amazon has installed thermal cameras in its warehouses in the UK and around the world to screen workers for coronavirus symptoms.
The cameras can help detect a fever by comparing a person’s body heat with that of their surroundings.
The technology is faster than the close-range thermometers the company had previously relied on.
Cases of Covid-19 have been reported among staff at more than 50 of Amazon’s warehouses in the United States.
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And workers have claimed it is almost impossible to practice social distancing inside the warehouses.
“We implemented daily temperature checks in our operations locations as an additional preventative measure to support the health and safety of our employees ... Read even more
