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India’s Disinfectant Tunnels – Emerging strategies

to combat Coronavirus
By: Kartikeya Saigal Share:

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The principle behind India’s new disinfectant tunnels is simple: wash your
hands and walk through a tunnel in which overhead sprayers sprinkle
disinfectant. This two-step process can considerably reduce the number of
germs on an individual.

Reportedly, China began using such methods in February when a

disinfectant tunnel was installed in the city of Chongqing.

The solution being used in the Tiruppur district of Tamil Nadu, where the
rst unit has been erected at the entrance to a large market, is diluted 1 per
cent Sodium Hypochlorite. The dilution rate is one part per million (ppm).

In a statement by the District Collector, it was announced that World Health

Organization (WHO) guidelines are being followed. The unit was tested and
reviewed by a team of doctors who have deemed it safe. Even though the
exact levels of ef cacy on people passing through this tunnel cannot be
determined, the unit will help supplement other measures like maintaining
social distancing and wearing a mask for better personal hygiene.

The idea for this system came from Young Indians, a non-pro t entity with
the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Their initiative was accepted by
the administration, ne-tuned, built and set up. 

Costing Rs. 90,000, each installation consumes 50 litres of the solution in

one hour and can operate for 16 hours at a stretch.

Across the world, in addition to existing measures to combat the spread of

coronavirus, new ones such as these disinfection tunnels are being tested
and employed.

Authorities in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo also began installing locally

produced disinfection tunnels outside the city's administration buildings.

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Similarly, a seller’s union in Guadalajara, Mexico established ozone-based

sanitation tunnels at the country’s 2nd largest food market to combat the
spread of COVID-19.

While relatively cost effective and easy to set up, this model can be
replicated across the country.
However, it is still important to note that disinfection tunnels are not meant
to be one hundred percent effective and are only supplementary to existing
measures like washing hands, wearing masks and maintaining physical
distance.

#Covid_19
 

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1 www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tiruppur-gets-a-unique-disinfection-tunnel-to- ght-
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2 theunionjournal.com/mexico-outdoor-food-market-installs-ozone-based-sanitation-tunnels-to-
protect-shoppers-covid-19/

3 www.cnbc.com/video/2020/02/13/coronavirus-cases-soar-beyond-60000-and-china-installs-a-
disinfectant-tunnel.html

4 www.republicworld.com/world-news/rest-of-the-world-news/virus-disinfection-tunnels-installed-
in-sarajevo.html

5 www.deccanherald.com/national/south/now-disinfection-tunnel-in-tiruppur-to-prevent-covid-19-
spread-820051.html

6 www.thebetterindia.com/222809/coronavirus-lockdown-tamil-nadu-ias-o cer-tiruppur-
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