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Italy trials new coronavirus 'smart helmet'

Engineers at Rome's Fiumicino Airport were testing a new 'smart helmet' which allows passengers' temperatures to be scanned while they're moving, as part of a series of safety measures to protect people from Covid-19 when flights resume.

The helmet can tests people's temperatures within a seven-metre radius.

An infrared image of a passenger and their temperature reading appears inside the visor in to the right-hand side of the wearer's field of vision, allowing a normal view through the left eye.

Italian authorities hope the scans and other health measures will convince people that it's safe to fly again once travel restrictions are eased.