Russian Scientists Use Cold Plasma to Help Combat COVID-19 Spread – Report

While the new invention can reportedly be used as a cheap and effective disinfectant, it remains to be seen whether it will be effective against the particular strain of coronavirus mankind is currently facing.

A team of researchers in Russia has apparently managed to come up with a new method of destroying dangerous pathogens, possibly even including the dreaded COVID-19 coronavirus, local newspaper Izvestia reports.

According to the media outlet, the scientists have produced a device that uses cold plasma in order to turn ordinary water into a liquid the researchers call “Magnaril” which is “lethal for small biological objects: fungi, bacteria and viruses”.

The liquid’s properties appear to be caused by the cold plasma treatment producing “active forms of oxygen and hypochlorous acid”, the latter substance emerging due to trace amounts of sodium hypochlorite being present in chlorinated water.

The liquid can be used as a disinfectant which could either be applied to various surfaces or dispersed in the air; its estimated price is about $1.30 per 1,000 liters.

The newspaper points out, however, that it remains to be seen whether the researchers’ invention would be effective against the particular strain of coronavirus that caused the ongoing global pandemic, as the team now moves to conduct the necessary tests.

Sourse: sputniknews.com