Robots at a public plaza in Guangzhou have even been deployed to scold passersby who are not wearing masks. FMTNews China AI Coronavirus
BEIJING: 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.
Several Chinese tech firms have developed apps to help people check if they have taken the same flight or train as confirmed virus patients, scraping data from lists published by state media. “Strengthen the information link between… public security and transportation, and other departments,” it said, urging them to share train, flight, communication, and medical data.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.
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