Covid-19: You have been using that infrared thermometer all wrong
Here’s the right way to use it. Feb 14, 2021 · 01:30 pm Although fever is a leading symptom of Covid-19, many infected people do not have any symptoms. | Indranil Mukherjee/ AFP
During the pandemic, the chances are that as you enter an airport or doctor’s surgery, someone will point an infrared thermometer at your forehead in order to assess your temperature. Your skin temperature is being measured to try to identify whether or not you have an increased deep body temperature, which is indicative of fever, one of the leading signs of Covid-19.