A fever is 100.4 in Ohio; it’s 99.5 in Delaware: States, companies write their own rules for temperature screening in a pandemic

A fever is 100.4 in Ohio; it’s 99.5 in Minnesota: States have different definitions of what body temperature should keep workers home

Some states don’t suggest temperature screenings at all.

Without a national screening strategy, states and businesses are creating their own guidelines and establishing informal disease-surveillance systems with different detection levels, potentially creating confusion about what is a safe temperature.At Walmart, a temperature above 100 degrees is enough for a worker to be sent home. At Amazon, it’s 100.4.Sign up for our Coronavirus Updates newsletter to track the outbreak. All stories linked in the newsletter are free to access.

Fever is one of several symptoms of covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, along with a list that includes shortness of breath, coughing, loss of taste and smell, sore throat and headache.

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