Coronavirus disinfectant spray developed by Army which kills Covid in a minute available for public and military testing sites in Medway
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Updated: 13:32, 18 December 2020
The disinfectant eliminates 99.99% of the Covid-19 virus in 60 seconds and will now be made available to the public after it was used at testing sites operated by the military in Medway.
The Virusend spray is being used at military-run coronavirus testing sites across Medway. Picture: Ministry of Defence
Virusend has been developed in partnership with British Army experts and released following extensive testing by the Centre of Excellence for Infectious Disease Research and the Liverpool School for Tropical Medicine.
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Army develops spray to kill coronavirus
A novel disinfectant spray developed by the Army that can eliminate 99.99% of the Covid-19 virus will now be made available to the public and used by military personnel on the frontline as they support the battle against the virus.
From: Virusend can kill 99.99% of the pandemic strain of Covid-19 in under a minute.
Virusend will complement the existing range of protective products available currently in the UK that help keep people safe, with bottles available for the public to purchase online and in stores, with talks ongoing to up-scale the commercial rollout of the product.
Virusend was found to kill all known coronavirus strains
Credit: Cpl Adam Wakefield/ British Army
The British Army has pioneered a Covid disinfectant spray which has proved so successful it will be sold to the general public.
The Virusend disinfectant formula has been found to kill all coronavirus strains in less than a minute and was proven to kill SARS-CoV-2 in 99.99 per cent of cases.
Now more than 50,000 bottles of the handheld Virusend disinfectant are being deployed to military personnel across the country who are working alongside the NHS at coronavirus testing stations as part of the military s ongoing support to civil authorities.