Identification of infected persons is crucial

In order to permanently reduce the risk of spreading viral diseases (COVID-19, influenza, etc.) in the public domain and at the same time to make a better prediction of emerging geo-hotspots, it is necessary to identify infected persons at an early stage.

The access of these persons to any kind of crowd of people must be prevented and collected data must be fed into AI-supported analysis databases in real time in compliance with GDPR.

Fever measurement is the most effective method

Fever is a non-obligatory, non-specific symptom, but it is a very useful screening tool for infections such as the coronavirus. Any infection that is detected early can potentially save several lives. Therefore, fever measurement plays an important role in the detection of potentially infected persons because:

• Fever is by far the most common initial diagnosis (according to WHO Report 2/2020: 87.9% for COVID-19)
• the body temperature rises due to the increasing immune defence even before the onset of usual symptoms
• detection can usually be performed even at low virus loads

One simple measure for many applications

An automated, safe and intuitive fever measurement at central, preferably electrically controlled, access points to crowds of people is an important measure that has been tested in many high-risk regions, to:

• provide long-term and sustainable protection against viral diseases
• re-establish social and economic contacts, while at the same time controlling the risk before epidemics flare up
• restore public confidence in public security