Tough local lockdowns to rapidly isolate new coronavirus sufferers could be thrown in place from Thursday, The Sun can reveal.
Boris Johnson plans to announce the government’s crucial new ‘track and trace’ programme to stamp out new coronavirus contagion trails tomorrow.
He will say it will go live either on Thursday or Friday, when an army of 25,000 contact tracers will begin work hunting down new cases.
Parts of towns could face lockdown if there are regional flare-ups and schools, businesses or workplaces may be closed.
Engineers at Rome’s Fiumicino airport are testing a new ‘smart helmet’ which allows passengers’ temperatures to be scanned while they’re moving.
It’s part of a series of safety measures to protect people from Covid-19 when flights become more frequent.
The new high-tech ‘smart helmet’ visor has thermo-scan sensors which provide information about the temperature of passengers within a seven metre radius.
Security officers can wear the devices to scan people as they enter the airport or wait in line.
