Belgian rail tests sensors to keep workers apart during Covid-19


An employee at the Belgian rail management company Infrabel wearing a protective mask stands next to a screen showing social distancing between workers to ensure they maintain their distance to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease COVID-19 during a demonstration of the technology for the media in Brussels Belgium May 25 2020. REUTERSFrancois Lenoir

An employee at the Belgian rail management company Infrabel wearing a protective mask stands next to a screen showing social distancing between workers to ensure they maintain their distance to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), during a demonstration of the technology for the media in Brussels, Belgium. — Reuters

BRUSSELS: Belgium’s railways are testing smart cameras with sensors to ensure its workers wear masks and maintain their distance to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

From next week, so-called intelligent cameras will be installed in five strategic points in the offices of Belgian rail infrastructure operator Infrabel, where technicians would normally come together, such as the cafeteria.

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