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Etihad to Test New Airport Scanners for Pinpointing Sick Passengers

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Sean O'Neill
Elenium demonstration of health screening kiosk etihad source Elenium

Photo Credit: A person demonstrates a self-service kiosk from Elenium Automation that aims to help identify travelers with medical conditions. Elenium

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New tech can screen passengers for elevated heart rates, respiratory rates, and temperatures. The kiosks sound minimal enough. But their accuracy and speed still need to be proven under busy airport conditions.

During past pandemics, many airports have used scanners to check the temperatures of passengers, hoping to identify people with fevers. But Etihad Airways plans to go further. It will soon add a more tests to try to spot people with symptoms of coronavirus and other illnesses. Etihad will use new self-service kiosks that check the temperature, heart rate, and respiratory rate of passengers. Whenever a machine detects possible symptoms of illness, personnel with public health or medical training will check the passenger. Only the medic will be able to give the okay for a passenger to check their bags, pass through security, or pass through an immigration checkpoint. Etih

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