SEOUL — South Korea has opened a high-tech new front in the battle against coronavirus, fortifying bus shelters with temperature-checking doors and ultraviolet disinfection lamps. Ten advanced facilities have been installed in the northeastern district of Seoul, offering protection from monsoon rains, summer heat, and the novel coronavirus. To enter, passengers must stand in front of an […]
People wait for buses in a shelter booth designed to protect passengers from monsoon rains, summer heat, and the COVID-19 coronavirus in Seoul on August 12, 2020. – Automatic temperature checks before entry, sliding doors, and an air-conditioning system equipped with ultraviolet disinfection lamps — welcome to high-tech South Korea’s latest front in the battle against coronavirus: the bus shelter.
To enter, passengers must stand in front of an automated thermal-imaging camera, and the door will only slide open if their temperature is below 37.5 degrees Celsius .which cost about 100 million won eachthe air-conditioning systems have ultraviolet lamps installed to kill viruses at the same time as cooling the air.
A woman waits for a bus in a shelter booth designed to protect passengers from monsoon rains, summer heat, and the COVID-19 coronavirus in Seoul on August 12, 2020. – Automatic temperature checks before entry, sliding doors, and an air-conditioning system equipped with ultraviolet disinfection lamps — welcome to high-tech South Korea’s latest front in the battle against coronavirus: the bus shelter.
Since they were installed last week each booth has been used by about 300 to 400 people a day, Kim said.
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