NEW DELHI : Department of Textile and Fibre Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi has developed a breathable and light-weighted PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) to fight COVID-19.
The Head of the Department Professor Dr SM Ishtiaque along with his PhD student, Biswa Ranjan Das, Scientist 'D' and Assistant Director, DMSRDE (DRDO), Kanpur, developed an advanced version of PPE. "We have covered all the basic aspects and it meets the criteria specified by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
It is free of bacteria or virus penetration. Our PPE is equipped to cover 99.8 per cent bacteria," said Dr Ishtiaque. He further said that they consulted more than 150 doctors and the most pressing issue was that it was uncomfortable