While stores across Vancouver are doing what they can to prevent the spread of COVID-19, one store has introduced a camera that checks temperatures.
Value on Liquor Store, on Southwest Marine Drive, has installed a thermal camera that scans customers’ temperatures.
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“The feedback has been fantastic, the staff love it,” said manager Abri van den Berg to Global News.
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The cameras function by itself and doesn’t require anyone to control it, he explained. It also gives an audible warning when someone with a temperature of 38 degrees or higher walks in the store.
Other stores that have started checking temperatures includes T&T Supermarket and Tim Hortons. This is to prevent people who may have COVID-19 from working or entering the store.
However, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said checking temperatures is not “particularly helpful,” as not everyone with the virus gets a fever.
“We know with this virus, people can have very mild symptoms — about two-thirds of people to three-quarters have a fever at some point, but not having a fever doesn’t mean you’re necessarily safe,” she said.
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