BEIJING (AFP): A man who had travelled to Wuhan -- the central city at the heart of China's coronavirus crisis -- was surprised when police showed up at his door after he returned home, asking to check his temperature.
The man, who had quarantined himself at home in Nanjing, eastern Jiangsu province, said he had not told anyone about his recent trip to the city.
In Guangzhou, southern Guangdong province, robots at one public plaza have even been deployed to scold passersby who are not wearing masks, according to the state-run Global Times. As Chinese authorities search for potential infections, a point of focus has been detecting fevers, a common symptom of the disease.
On Thursday, railway personnel, clutching red-and-white megaphones, ordered passengers arriving from northern Shanxi province to slow down as they passed by Baidu's system. "All of them are working around the clock during Lunar New Year public holidays," said the company, adding that the team had to optimise its models to"effectively detect temperature with only the forehead exposed."
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