Police of the UAE distributed the smart helmets taking temperature of 200 people in a minute

At the end of April, 2020 within fight against COVID-19 coronavirus police in the United Arab Emirates issued smart helmets which can take temperature of 200 people in a minute.

Smart helmets require less time expenditure on measurement, reduce the need for contact with the patient and reduce infection probability in comparison with traditional thermometers. They can take temperature at distance to five meters and scan up to 200 people a minute. At detection of the person with the increased temperature a helmet sends warning to the police officer.

Police of the UAE distributed the smart helmets taking temperature of 200 people in a minute

The Chinese company KC Wearable making smart helmets reported that it already sold more than 1000 helmets for scanning of temperature and received orders from the countries of the Middle East, Europe and Asia.

For COVID-19 pandemic we deployed the program using smart helmets in all police stations in Dubai and also at patrol stations which are in vanguard of fight by a virus, - the police officer Aly al-Ramsy reported. - At identification of the person with high temperature we undertake all necessary measures to stop it, to direct to medics and to bring to the nearest medical institution.

The police of Dubai use helmets for check of people in densely populated areas, including in closed on a quarantine. The Arab Gulf States strengthened measures of fight against COVID-19 after identification of a number of cases among migrant workers with low income who live in the crowded housing. In addition to smart police helmets, the states of the Persian Gulf implemented a number of technologies for fight against a virus, including applications for smartphones which trace patients. Groups of defenders of civil liberties criticized such applications as invasion into private life.^[1]

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