To disinfect a surface, you can illuminate it with a blast of ultraviolet (UV) light, which is bluer than the human eye can see. But to specifically inactivate SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes ...
A bus being treated with ultraviolet light in Shanghai, China. Although types of UV light are already in use to decontaminate vehicles and indoor spaces, the wavelengths used are dangerous to people.
US labs NIST and DHS conduct thorough tests to show how different wavelengths interact with virus. To disinfect a surface, you can illuminate it with a blast of ultraviolet light. But to specifically ...