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Self-Sanitising Surface Coating to Help Fight Against COVID-19?

South Africa's Michael Lucas, a PhD student at the University of the Witwatersrand, has developed an award-winning, self-sanitising surface coating that will help to address nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections, as well as mitigate contamination of food processing plants and public transport surfaces. The Antimicrobial Coating Technology is now in its fifth year of development, with implications of preventing infection beyond COVID-19.

VIDEO: Wits PhD Student Develops Novel Infection Control Solution

South Africa: COVID-19 - Researcher Develops Self-Sanitising Surface Coating

Daily Maverick, 31 March 2020

South African Michael Lucas, a Wits doctoral student, has developed a futuristic Antimicrobial Coating Technology, which strengthens infection control measures in medical… Read more »

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South Africa: Wits Researcher Wins International Award for Infection Control Innovation

Wits University, 18 October 2019

Wits academic Michael Lucas took top honours at the International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control in Switzerland, 10-13 September 2019. Read more »

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UN Launches Plan to Address Global COVID-19 Devastation

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World Responds to COVID-19 - But What Action Does Africa Need?

A lead COVID-19 vaccine candidate has been announced - but wealthy countries are facing mounting calls to give more funding to poorer nations to help protect the world's most ... Read more »
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