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General Motors taps Flir Systems for fever check cameras at factories

May 6, 2020 8:33 PM EDT

By Stephen Nellis

(Reuters) - General Motors Co (NYSE: GM) has tapped thermal camera maker Flir Systems Inc (NASDAQ: FLIR) for scanners to detect fevers among workers when they return to GM's factories, the companies told Reuters on Wednesday.

General Motors said it will deploy a total of 377 Flir scanners across 72 sites. The cameras scan workers for high temperatures from several feet away in an effort to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.

The pandemic has shuttered many of GM's North American plants, but company officials on... More