Toyota shows school leaders how to fight coronavirus

Local superintendents tour the plant in Blue Springs

Hundred vehicles each day.

The company spared no expense to detect employees who may have the coronavirus.

The school superintendents got close up look at how toyota does it.

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Nats..you are looking at an example of thermal testing, a very high-tech way to check someone's temperature as they enter a building.

Toyota manufacturing in blue springs has a thermal testing machine at every door.

Its just one step they have taken to fight the coronavirus.

(jerry bailey, senior manager for safety toyota) "a lot or protocols to help team members if they are not feeling or if they are sick.

To try to identify what they can do to get out and get safe."

Nats you can see signs of safety everywhere you look inside the building.

Whether its distancing signs, plexiglass shields around desks and other areas, or hand sanitizers along the way, the company gave school representatives a lot to look at and take back to their districts.

(brian jernigan -monroe county school district superintendent) "very impressed by the protocols and strategies toyota has put into place.

There are certainly some things we can take back to our schools and put in place such as barriers, looking at the thermal imaging is something that we are interested in."

(charles laney- tupelo public schools operations director) ("there are several items that we'll take back to the team and discuss those.

And implement some of those across the district" (scott smith) north tippah school district superintendent) "we've got some things implemented already .but some of the processes they have used here has really opened up our eyes to some of the areas that we can change up what we are doing."

Toyota manufacturing wants to help the area and the community through what they have learned in fighting the coronavirus .

They are willing to reach out to schools in the area by offering masks and ideas to help keep students safe.

Reporting live in blue springs wayne hereford wtva nine news.

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