Possibility of using ultraviolet radiation for disinfecting the novel COVID-19

Anil Kumar; Archna Sagdeo; Pankaj R Sagdeo

doi:10.1016/j.pdpdt.2021.102234

Possibility of using ultraviolet radiation for disinfecting the novel COVID-19

Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther. 2021 Jun:34:102234. doi: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2021.102234. Epub 2021 Feb 24.

Authors

Anil Kumar¹, Archna Sagdeo², Pankaj R Sagdeo³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, 453552, India.
² Synchrotron Utilization Section, Raja Ramanna Center for Advanced Technology, Indore, 452013, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400094, India.
³ Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, 453552, India. Electronic address: prs@iiti.ac.in.

Abstract

The world health organization (WHO) declared novel COVID-19 as a pandemic in March 2020 and as of now has infected hundreds of millions of people across the globe. Here in this report, we propose the importance of light-based technologies in disinfecting the novel COVID-19, present on the surface of phone, plastic surfaces, wallets, watches, cloths. This article identifies the benefits of repurposing ultraviolet light-based strategies to combat the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic. A possible design for the ultraviolet irradiation is also proposed and discussed in short.

Keywords: COVID-19; Device development; Ultraviolet light exposure; Virus inactivation.

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
Pandemics
Photochemotherapy* / methods
Photosensitizing Agents
SARS-CoV-2
Ultraviolet Rays

Substances

Photosensitizing Agents