Turkey’s parliament to start no-contact body temperature check on visitors

Turkey’s parliament will start checking visitors’ body temperatures with no-contact thermometers, an official notice said March 30. While the ruling targets visitors only, lawmakers will be eligible for a body temperature check as well if they wish.

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Turkey’s parliamentary building complex will now be checking visitors’ body temperatures with a no-contact forehead thermometer, parliament administrator Erkan Haberal said in an official statement March 30.

While pedestrians who visit parliament are subject to scanning with a thermal camera, parliament’s COVID-19 Crisis Management Commission ruled that visitors arriving in vehicles will also be subject to body temperature checks using no-contact thermometers.

While the commission’s decision targets only visitors, lawmakers will also be eligible to have their body temperature checked upon entrance. 

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