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TEMPERATURE SCREENING MAY SOON BE A REQUIREMENT TO VISIT

PUBLIC PLACES.

THE CITY OF DALLAS IS BUYING

100 INFRARED THERMOMETER KIOSKS.

KEN KALTHOFF SHOWS US HOW

THEY WORK AND HOW THEY WILL BE

USED. >> Reporter:

INFRARED THERMOMETER KIOSK IS NOW POSTED

AT THE ENTRANCE OF SUN

TRONNIC, THE RICHARDSON COMPANY THAT

BUILDS THE DEVICES FOR

OH WILLOW. >> MAINTAINING THE SOCIAL DISTANCING HAS NOT BEEN A

PROBLEM. IN FACT, IT'S BEEN ALMOST

SECONDLY NATURE FOR US BY

NOW. >> Reporter: IT HELPS ENSURE

THAT EMPLOYEES WHO SOMETIMES WORK IN CLOSE QUARTERS ARE NOT CONTAGIOUS WITH FEVERS. >> THIS HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF ATTENTION AND DESERVEDLY

SO. >> Reporter: THE WILLOW FOUNDER

DEMONSTRATED FOR US THE DEVICE THAT'S BEEN IN USE FOR YEARS,

BUT IS EXTREMELY POPULAR NOW.

A CAMERA HELPS YOU LINE UP

WITH THE TEMPERATURE

CHECK. >> AS SOON AS YOU LINE UP WITH

IT, THE SENSOR TAKES A

TEMPERATURE AT THE FOREHEAD TO

WHERE YOUR GLASSES

HANG. THAT IS THE PLACE WHERE YOU ARE WARMEST. >> Reporter: IT PRINTS A STICKER

TO SHOW YOU SHOW YOU HAVE BEEN

SCANNED.

100 DEVICES WILL

ONLY PRINT STICKERS AND WON'T

SAVE ANY PHOTOS OR PERSONAL INFORMATION.

THE CITY IS STILL WORKING ON A

REOPENING PLAN TO

DECIDE EXACTLY WHERE THE KIOSKS WILL BE.

YOU MAY FIND ONE BESIDES THE

METAL DETECTOR AT DALLAS CITY

HALL.

THEY COULD BE AT DALLAS LOVE

FIELD. >> FOR PASSENGERS BUT MORE

FOR THE BACK AREAS WHERE PEOPLE ARE

HANDLING

THINGS. >> Reporter: TEMPERATURE SCREENING MAY BE IN IN "M"

PLACES IN THE NEAR

FUTURE. >>

I WOULD LIKE FOR MY FAMILY TO BE ABLE TO GO SHOP AT PLACES

WHERE WREN WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE

HEALTHY AND NOT PASSING

CONTAGIOUS PROBLEMS AROUND. >> Reporter: IT'S A STEP

TOWARD MAKING PEOPLE FEEL MORE

COMFORTABLE IN THE WAKE OF A

PANDEMIC. IN RICHARDSON, KEN KALTHOFF, NBC 5.

>> THE CITY OF DALLAS USED