National
December 20, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Israeli Prof Zeev Rotstein has been in isolation since last week after four passengers on his El Al flight from Dubai to Israel tested positive for coronavirus.
But, Rotstein, the head of Hadassah-University Medical Centre told Israeli media that he does not believe he can be infected by the virus because he was wearing a Health Ministry-approved mask that repels and even decomposes biological materials. The mask, developed by the Israeli Institute for Biological Research – the same institute that is developing Brilife, Israel’s coronavirus vaccine together with Hadassah and the start-up Tera Novel, is a surgical face mask with active anti-viral and anti-bacterial protection. It has been shown to be 99.999 percent effective against corona, the hospital said.