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Akhand Armour - Antiviral Face Mask That Kills Covid Germs On Contact

Disguised as everyday wear, the company has developed an antimicrobial, antiviral and antibacte-
rial face covering to help stop Covid spreading.
reduction in R value." Hanspal added:
"This is especially true when the virus
is airborne. With mixed messaging
around masks throughout the pandemic,
the public were being ‘penalised’ for
seemingly not knowing how to wear
masks properly — but this is an unfair
interpretation of what’s really happening
out there.Expecting the general public
to wear masks in the same way as one
would in medical settings is an almost
impossible task. In the real world,
khand Armour an UK based we mitigate contact-based transmission, people find themselves having to re-use
Acompany has developed an we mitigate the likelihood of variants the same mask multiple times a day. It’s
antimicrobial, antiviral and antibacterial developing. The wearable technology usually stuffed in a pocket and re-worn
face covering that kills Covid germs on effectively acts as a self-sanitising while rushing about living busy lives.
contact. As a Covid-infected droplet eco-system, continuously neutralising We take the stress out of masking,” says
hits the fabric on the face masks, it is infected droplets as they land.” The Meena adding that they have engineered
rendered ineffective. And, if an infected company terms the new technology wearables fit for ‘Covid World’. The
person wears the mask, the viral load 'Adaptive Non-Medical PPE', as Meena T4 Quad-lock Transformer Face Mask
they breathe out will be deactivated, they adds that virus-neutralising technology uses two different virus destruction
claim. The inner lining and side panels has been around for decades and is technologies to self-protect while the
are also impregnated with the another well tested, robust tech which has been sanitising face mask pocket case also
solution that kills SARS-COV-2, the repurposed to help reduce community continues to destroy virus on both the
virus causing Covid-19. transmission. This means that users are mask and in the user’s pocket between
Akhand Armour says its technology, what we call ‘human virus neutralisers’, uses. Remaining active for the life of
which it has initially rolled out on a moving through the community. There the textile, the wearables are much more
range of face masks, sanitising face mask will be strength in numbers the more sustainable than disposable face masks,
pocket cases, glasses cases, shopping people using the tech, the greater the with each T4 Quad-lock mask saving
bags and mobile phone cases, reduces community-shielding effect." upwards of 400 disposable masks per
virus transference by neutralising landed Dr David Greensmith, one of Akhand’s person.
infected droplets and removing them scientific advisors and Programme Akhand Armour has developed a range
from circulation. The wearables have Leader for Infectious Diseases at the of products to 'directly interject in the
been independently tested and certified University of Salford, said that traditional transmission journey'. They say all are
at MSL, a UK microbiological testing face coverings could become contagious scientifically proven, ISO certified and
laboratory, and are the first to achieve surfaces by collecting microbes through independently tested. They include a
an ISO certification for non-medical face use. He added: "A covering which is scarf mask hybrid called the Scarsk™,
masks and wearables. Akhand Armour designed to prevent transmission may, bandanas you can leave around your neck
Founder Meena Hanspal elaborates, “As after time, facilitate it.” and cover your face when in heavy traffic
soon as infected droplets land on the A face covering augmented in the way areas, and the T4 Quad-lock Transformer
wearables, which are impregnated with Akhand Armour has developed can with a quadruple lock system that can be
a virus destroying tech, the outer wall of ultimately reduce the likelihood of changed from ear loops to behind the
the coronavirus is destroyed, rendering microbe spread between individuals… head the government, we truly believe
it useless. Killing it off means it cannot and effectively contribute to a respective we can force a tangible reduction in
infect and cannot mutate, so not only do transmission.

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