Indiana University researchers said a newly-designed piece of fabric could zap dead the coronavirus on contact with an electric current.
The experts believe it could be used to beef up PPE in the ongoing fight against the coronavirus. In the US, people will be searching for anything to give them the upper hand in the fight with the disease having infected 1.6million and killed 98,000 by May 26.
The fabric has been approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration for use in wound dressing. But, when the pandemic started, lead researcher Chandan Sen saw potential for more.
The Indiana Center for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Indiana director said: “We are not a virus lab, but given everything that was going on around us, it