Published 08:52 IST, August 13th 2020
Coronaguard By Eureka Forbes the new Solution to Stop the Spread of The Coronavirus?
Coronaguard powered by SHYCOCAN operates on a regular 110/240V - 50/60 Hz wall socket and is a plug and play device. Here's what it does and how it works
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Coronavirus pandemic has emerged as one of most significant and disruptive events in human history, affecting vast swas of world's population directly or indirectly as nations imposed lockdowns to protect ir people from kind of daily activity that lends itself to easy transmission of COVID-19, and also sought to bolster ir preparedness as thousands and thousands came to be infected. With even most scientifically and techlogically vanced countries t spared, race is on to find eir a cure or a vaccine, or some manner of treatment to help people tackle virus en-masse. Joining list of potentials is a device piloted by consumer durables maker Eureka Forbes called 'Coronaguard'.
Powered by a 'Scalene Hypercharge Corona Can' (SHYCOCAN), Coronaguard is a plug-and-play device that enables delivery of a charged high-velocity electrons that interact with negative-seeking S-proteins of Coronavirus. S-Protein, which is kwn to attach itself to host cell allowing virus to enter cellular structure, sees its infectivity reduced on account of Coronaguard's charged electron burst, with end result being a reduction in air- and surface-borne transmission of virus.
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Coronaguard device is intended to be used in residential, industrial and commercial environments and is designed for active containment by attenuation of Corona family of viruses. " device h been sent to US and Mexico where it was tested. report of virology studies show a substantial reduction in virus infectivity in both cases - capsid point of view as well as log reduction." say, Dr. Rajah Vijay Kumar, Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer of Organization de Scalene and Scalene Cybernetics Ltd, Bengaluru, who is inventor of device. It has been tified by US FDA under Enforcement Discretion Policy and is CE compliant.
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As per Forbes Coronaguard website, device Attenuates 99.9% of COVID-19 in closed s. As per Dr Kumar, employees in Scalene Cybernetics campus have been using it for last 4 months, and reports t a single positive case despite t using masks. "Each device would take care of 1000 sq ft area," Dr Kumar ded while appearing on primetime debate with Arnab Goswami on Republic on subject. Again, as per Coronaguard website, device retails for Rs 19,999.
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"Today, whole ecomy is suffering, with people dying. People are afraid of going out and re's a widespre fear across world on this topic. Our goal is to help clean this up a little bit, help lessen fear of contracting virus and to build a better and safer world. At Eureka Forbes, we've been fighting bacteria and viruses in all forms for over 38 years since day of our conception. We are actually looking at taking this product to next level by continuing test runs that are currently taking place throughout laboratories in India as well." said, Marzin Shroff, MD & CEO of Eureka Forbes.
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08:50 IST, August 13th 2020