A nasal spray that forms a barrier against COVID-19 is due to be launched locally next week, providing a secondary layer of protection, particularly in crowded, enclosed and high-risk settings.
Touted as an additional, clinically-proven tool in the battle against the coronavirus, the Israeli product, Taffix™ (Powder) Spray Device, claims to offer 97 per cent shielding from respiratory viruses in the nasal cavity – also blocking SARS-CoV-2.
Every application works within 50 seconds and gives five-hour protection, the manufacturer, Nasus Pharma said.
It insists, however, that intra-nasal antiviral protection does not replace the wearing of face masks. The company strongly recommends it is used in addition to other preventative health measures, including social distancing, regular hand washing and compliance with other government restrictions.
senior foreign american correspondent greg palcott is live in london with more. what is the latest on this killing? reporter: amazing stuff. yeah. a high intrigue and some deadly action. the one time possible heir apparent to father and former leader kim jong-il. he long lived outside of north korea. he fell out of favor with his half brother when that man came to power in 2012. the estranged relative was in malaysia trying to head out. officials there confirmed the death. south korean officials, in report, said he was poisoned, most likely using a spray device, by two female north korean secret agents. those two not only at large. there s an autopsy going on right now to find the exact reason for death, melissa.
still trying to figure out precisely how this unfolded. the best information we have is as follows, chris. it all begins just before 8:30. and a 26 this morning on a northbound subway train, this is on n train. this is just before it pulls into the station. a single gunman set off some kind of device that sets off smoke. whether that s a smoke grenade or some kind of spray device is unclear. as soon as the subway car fills with smoke. while it still moves into the station, that s when the gunman opens fire. whether the shooting continued after the subway car stopped and the doors opened, we don t know. the earliest information we have is that the shooting was in the subway car. whether it continued out on the platform is unclear at this point. earlier we had been told, and we still have on the screen right now, that at least five people were shot and perhaps as many as 13 were injured from