Reduce spreading of Covid-19 by using antiviral coatings in senior care homes and hospitals

新冠肺炎给数以百万计的人带来了毁灭性的健康后果，改变了每个人的生活，重塑了我们的经济和产业。在这项提案中，UBC的材料工程师正在与西北Mettech公司的涂层专家合作，开发新型的抗病毒涂层技术，以减少传染性冠状病毒的传播。开发的涂层由复合纳米颗粒制成，一旦涂在医院、长期护理设施、牙科诊所和教室的高接触表面，就可以产生持久的抗病毒效果。因此，落在表面的病毒寿命会更短。因此，开发的技术可以直接减缓病毒的传播速度，这意味着更少的人会生病，医疗保健的压力将会减轻。

Covid-19 has brought devastating health consequences for millions of people, changed the life of every individual, and reshaped our economy and industry. In this proposal, materials engineers from UBC are teaming with coating specialists in Northwest Mettech Corp in the development of novel antiviral coating technologies to reduce the spreading of the contagious coronavirus. The developed coatings are made from composite nanoparticles and can create long-lasting antiviral effect once applied onto high-touch surfaces in hospitals, long-term care facilities, dental clinics, and classrooms. As a result, virus landed on surfaces will live shorter life. The developed technologies could thus directly slow down the spreading speed of the virus, which means that fewer people will become sick, and stress on health care will be lowered.