Disinfection robots and thermal body cameras: welcome to the anti-Covid office

A workplace in Bucharest filled with anti-virus innovations could become the new normal in office design, its creators hope

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Not so long ago it may have seemed more like a futuristic vision of the workplace - or a hospital.

But the hands-free door handles, self-cleaning surfaces, antimicrobial paint, air-monitoring display tools, UV light disinfection robots, and 135 other measures at an office block in Bucharest are here to stay, say the creators behind what they are touting as one of the world's most virus-resilient workplaces, which they hope will become the new normal in office design.