A company is looking to install smart CCTV cameras into buildings to detect and isolate carriers of the Coronavirus, in a 1984 scenario that is growing daily.
The CCTV camera has a built-in temperature sensor which relays data back to the building's security personnel to help isolate those with higher than normal temperature a key sign of the virus.
The company, Offices.co.uk, states that security personnel would be trained to use Smart Coronavirus CCTV to detect, divert and isolate those people they fear may be carrying the virus.
"Building managers are facing a nightmare with Coronavirus" says Jonathan Ratcliffe from Offices.co.uk "One person could potentially infect hundreds meaning the building would have to close for weeks there is going to be big money being thrown at this issue..."
The Smart Coronavirus CCTV Cameras can be installed in a building reception or entrance area where detection software would be used to record a person's body temperature, and can handle two people walking at the same time. Data is then relayed to a central computer or shown on a screen, and security or health personnel can then isolate that person for further tests before they enter the main building area.
"Automating the detection process...is the best form of defence to protect against large offices being shut down completely" says Jonathan Ratcliffe.
To see a short video of how the technology would work click here