Published 16:45 IST, April 2nd 2020

Coronavirus outbreak: First-of-its-kind disinfectant tunnel set up in Tamil Nadu

Amid coronavirus outbreak, authorities in Tiruppur have set up a unique tunnel for people to walk through in order to disinfect themselves duirng COVID-19 fear.

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As cases of vel coronavirus pandemic have skyrocketed, fear has escalated and people have been forced to stay isolated in order to stay quarantined and maintain social distance. Following strict lockdown restrictions, people have t been leaving ir homes until and unless re is an emergency. While people have been time and again coming up with interesting ideas amid lockdown, authorities in Tiruppur this time invented an invative idea of a disinfection tunnel for people outside of ir homes, as a part of COVID-19 preventive measures.

Disinfectant tunnel

A unique disinfection tunnel was set up for first time in India, near nnampalayam market, in Tiruppur, Tamil Nu. tunnel requires people to walk through it with ir arms raised for a few seconds after washing ir hands. people are furr sanitised and disinfected by a disinfectant solution sprayed on m, which is capable of killing virus. tunnel was inaugurated by K. Vijayakarthikeyan, Tiruppur's District Collector, who also took to Twitter to share videos of invative tunnel. 

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Netizens impressed with step

Following great initiative by authorities, netizens were very impressed with precautionary step in fight against COVID-19. Coronavirus has w spre across entire world, with over 9,50,400 cases and fatality count of more than 48,275 deaths. 

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16:55 IST, April 2nd 2020