Thermal cameras have been deployed at Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport (CDG) to detect on their arrival possible Covid-19 carriers, ADP, the airport manager, announced on Wednesday. The camera makes it possible to identify in the stream of travelers, after retrieving their luggage, passengers with a temperature above 38 degrees, by marking the outline of the face, blurred, with a red frame.
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The temperature is then confirmed with a contactless thermometer and the traveler drives to the airport emergency medical service where its possible contamination can be tested. ADP bought 12 cameras of this type deployed in a framework set by the National Commission for Information Technology and Liberties (Cnil) " to convince everyone that air transport is safe transport ", commented the executive director of Groupe ADP Edward Arkwright.
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" Health security is the succession of control and vigilance measures that create a controlled and trusting environment, " said Secretary of State for Transport Jean-Baptiste Djebbari during a visit to the airport.
