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. Health experts have reached a consensus that the first step in allowing people to return to normal life is extensive and accessible testing so that those who are infected can isolate while others go to work and school.turned out in record numbers to vote in parliamentary elections Wednesday, setting aside fears of the coronavirus. The turnout was 66.2%, the highest since 1992.
Hospitals are already using UV light to disinfect contaminated surfaces. However, there hasn’t been a lot of research to determine whether UV is effective at sanitizing masks and other personal protective equipment.Wednesday suggesting UV light was able to disinfect N95 respirators twice — allowing the masks to be used three times in total — but after that the fit and seal began to degrade. The findings have not yet been vetted by independent researchers, the NIH noted.
It takes a very long time to disinfect anything using sunlight, the most accessible source of UV light. You’re probably better off putting a mask in a brown paper bag and hanging it off a well-aerated porch for seven days or so, according to an environmental engineer from the University of New Hampshire. By then, the pathogen ought to be dead anyway.
Warning: You absolutely should not try to use a UV device to disinfect your body. It will damage your skin and eyes, and you won’t even realize it’s happening until it’s too late.
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