Amazon deploys thermal cameras at warehouses to scan for fevers faster | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN – News of Bahrain- DT News

Amazon deploys thermal cameras at warehouses to scan for fevers faster | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN – News of Bahrain- DT News

Amazon deploys thermal cameras at warehouses to scan for fevers faster. Amazon.com Inc has started to use thermal cameras at its warehouses to speed up screening for feverish workers who could be infected with the coronavirus, employees told Reuters.. The camera systems, which garnered widespread use at airports in Asia after the SARS epidemic in 2003, can cost between $5,000 and $20,000.. This week and last, Amazon set up the hardware for the thermal cameras in at least six warehouses outside Los Angeles and Seattle, where the company is based, according to employees and posts on social media.. Thermal cameras will also replace thermometers at worker entrances to many of Amazon's Whole Foods stores, according to a recent staff note seen by Reuters and previously reported by Business Insider.. The company performs a second, forehead thermometer check on anyone flagged by the cameras to determine an exact temperature, one of the workers said.. Amazon confirmed that some warehouses have implemented the systems to streamline checks.. The thermal camera system is faster, two other workers said, with no stopping in front of a screen necessary.. The cameras connect to a computer so an employee at a distance can view the results,