Prevention of Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by UV-C Illumination of Airflow

SARS-CoV-2 is frequently transmitted by aerosol, and the sterilization of virus in airflows has numerous potential applications. We evaluated a UV-C illuminator similar to what might be incorporated into tubing mechanical ventilator for its ability block transmission airborne from infected naïve hamsters. Hamsters protected UV system were consistently infection, whereas non-protected hamsters uniformly became displayed shedding high burdens respiratory tissues. The efficiency speed with which flowing air was inactivated using this suggests several applications mitigating virus.