Covid-19: Beijing school students trial temperature-tracking bracelets


Students wearing face masks are seen in their classroom during a government organised media tour at Shanghai High School after it reopened in Shanghai on May 7, 2020. The temperature-tracking bracelets were rolled out in five Beijing districts for the first classes for middle school students in months. — AFP

BEIJING: Temperature-monitoring bracelets that alert an app if a student has a fever were being trialled at Beijing schools on Monday – China's latest use of high-tech to track its population's possible exposure to the novel coronavirus.

China has deployed thermal cameras in public areas and most places require people to show an app with green, yellow and red ratings that determine a person's infection risk based on travel history.

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