Trial temperature measurement at new corona high-speed parking areas, etc. Yamagata Prefecture April 18, 13:16
In response to the spread of the new coronavirus, Yamagata Prefecture has been conducting trial temperature measurements for people visiting from outside the prefecture at parking areas on highways and airports since the 18th in an effort to strengthen measures at the waterfront.
Of these, in the Yamagata Zao Parking Area, which is located on the down line of the Yamagata Expressway near the border with Miyagi Prefecture, in the morning, the temperature of the drivers, etc., visited by more than 20 prefecture employees, was measured.
As a unique measure against the new coronavirus, Yamagata Prefecture will conduct temperature measurements at 7 locations including the parking area of the Yamagata Expressway, JR Yamagata Station, and Yamagata Airport from the 25th of this month. If there is more than a minute of heat, I will encourage them to wait at home.
Prior to this, a trial temperature measurement was conducted at some facilities from the 18th, and in the Yamagata Zao parking area, prefecture employees wearing face shields and gloves guided the car to a dedicated lane.
Then he asked the driver if he could take a thermometer, placed a thermometer over his forehead to check if he had a fever, and handed out a leaflet introducing the telephone number of the public health center.
A driver in his 50s said, "I think it is effective in preventing the spread of infection. However, there are other routes to enter Yamagata Prefecture, so I am wondering what to do."
Koichi Tsunei, General Manager of Yamagata Prefecture Expressway Maintenance Promotion Office, said, "By continuing these efforts, we would like to make everyone aware of it and try to prevent the spread of infection."