Excellent13 Nov 2020 17:42
Doctors in Britain will be able to wear specialised masks with a nanocopper layer that kills the coronavirus by the end of the year.
Face masks are worn to stop coronavirus, and other pathogens, from spreading from one person to another by capturing infectious saliva droplets.
But while the standard three-layer surgical masks are effective at this, the virus can survive on its surface if not disinfected or disposed of correctly.
A scientist at Nottingham Trent University designed the mask and his company, a university spin-off called Pharm2Farm, is now manufacturing them.