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. 2021 Jun 16;792:148548. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148548

Table 3.

A summary of newspaper reports, articles and various independent researchers that tested the UVC inactivation of coronaviruses.

Order Title Source
1. Evidence based approach: Effect of far UVC light on coronaviruses in aerosols: A step-wise summary. https://in.dental-tribune.com/news/evidence-based-approach-effect-of-far-uvc-light-on-coronaviruses-in-aerosols-a-step-wise-summary/
2. Breakthrough ultraviolet light development could help kill COVID-19 virus https://www.healtheuropa.eu/breakthrough-ultraviolet-light-development-could-help-kill-covid-19-virus/100409/
3. MIT Designs Robot That Eliminates Coronavirus with UV Light https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/312198-mit-designs-robot-that-eliminates-coronavirus-with-uv-light
4. Light Kills Coronavirus. Here's How It Could Help Beat Covid-19 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jvchamary/2020/06/29/light-coronavirus/#7315bfb75853
5. Ontario company claims their ultraviolet light system can kill COVID-19 https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-company-claims-their-ultraviolet-light-system-can-kill-covid-19-1.5006546
6. Killing coronavirus with handheld ultraviolet light device may be feasible https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200601194140.htm
7. Can you kill coronavirus with UV light? https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200327-can-you-kill-coronavirus-with-uv-light
8. Can UV Light Kill or Prevent Coronavirus? https://www.medicinenet.com/can_uv_light_kill_or_prevent_coronavirus-news.htm
9. Using UV light to kill coronavirus: The benefits and risks https://www.cnet.com/health/how-to-use-uv-light-to-kill-the-coronavirus/
10. UVC LAMPS AND SARS-COV-2 https://www.icnirp.org/en/activities/news/news-article/sars-cov-2-and-uvc-lamps.html
11. Coronavirus Puts UV in the Disinfectant Spotlight https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200519/coronavirus-puts-uv-in-the-disinfectant-spotlight
12. COVID-19: This UV light disinfection robot can sanitise entire room in just 4 min https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/city/bengaluru/covid-19-this-uv-light-disinfection-robot-can-sanitise-entire-room-in-just-4-minutes/videoshow/75718682.cms
13. UV-light sterilization: A formidable weapon in the war on Covid-19? https://www.business-standard.com/article/technology/uv-light-sterilisation-a-formidable-weapon-in-the-war-on-covid-19-120061600681_1.html
14. UV light is an efficient way to deactivate the COVID-19 causing SARS-CoV-2 virus, reducing transmission https://www.firstpost.com/health/uv-light-is-an-efficient-way-to-deactivate-the-covid-19-causing-sars-cov-2-virus-reducing-transmission-8527651.html
15. COVID-19 UV light treatment is being studied — not yet in use — in Los Angeles https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/05/02/fact-check-covid-19-uv-light-treatment-research-underway-los-angeles/3053177001/