TEXAS: A machine, which uses ultraviolet light to disinfect hospitals, can remove the novel coronavirus in just two minutes from anywhere.
Texas-based Xenex Disinfection Services recently announced a successful test of its LightStrike robot against the virus. It is also being sold by Terumo – another medical equipment manufacturer in Japan.
According to details, the robot emits ultraviolet light at wavelengths between 200 and 315 nanometers that can decontaminate beds, doorknobs, and other surfaces. Two or three five-minute rounds of ultraviolet radiation leave pathogens too damaged to function.
Texas-based Xenex informed that this technology has been proven to work against multidrug-resistant bacteria and the Ebola virus.
It is also proved to be 99.99 percent effective in eliminating the COVID-19 from N95 masks, which would reduce the risk of reusing this vital protective equipment amid an acute global shortage. The machines have been introduced in about 500 health care facilities globally.
Earlier today, scientists had discovered an antibody that prevents the invasion of novel coronavirus into human cells.
Scientists from Dutch institutions Utrecht University, Erasmus Medical Center, and Harbour BioMed made the discovery, which was made public in a study published in the scientific journal Nature Communications.
According to the study, the ‘neutralising monoclonal antibody’ known as ‘47D11’ has been found to prevent SARS-CoV-2 from entering cultured cells.
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