"Temperature measuring station" is set up on the road to the tourist area Gunma New Coronavirus April 28 13:00
To prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, Gunma Prefecture has set up a temperature measuring station on national and prefectural roads to measure the body temperature of people heading to hot springs and other tourist destinations during large holidays and operating from 28th. Started.
The "temperature measuring station" was set up in both the prefectural road to Ikaho Onsen in Shibukawa City, Gunma Prefecture, National Route 353 to Kusatsu Onsen and Shima Onsen, and National Route 291 to Minakami Town, Gunma Prefecture. It is a road to a tourist spot that is visited by many people every year during the long holidays.
Among them, on the prefectural road heading to Ikaho Onsen, the prefecture staff asked the driver to open the car window and checked if there was any person who had a fever with the device that measures the body temperature with infrared rays.
If you have a fever, it means that you will be referred to a consultation center such as a call center in the prefecture.
Katsumi Miyamae, head of the Road Management Section of Gunma Prefecture, said, “I would like to urge myself to refrain from going out when it is not necessary, including when moving outside the prefecture. By setting up a“ temperature measuring station, ”I will help raise awareness of infection prevention. I want to do it. "
Gunma prefecture will carry out temperature measurement until the 6th of the next month, which is the last day of the long holidays.