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Then they switched them back off again and the virus came back. so, vilas, basically, this was a hunch, wasnt it? yeah, it was. it was an idea. we didnt know it would work. i didnt know it would work. and luckily managed to get together a group of people, uh, engineers, scientists, doctors. and we went for it. when you got the results, what did you think? well, i think its fair to say that we were all fairly gobsmacked by the results. uh, we were able to, uh, show that the covid virus was was in...

They used the same technique that does the pcr covid tests you send away. so if youre honest, then when vilas first came to you with the idea you didnt think it would work? i was very dubious about not whether the filtration devices would work, but about whetherd we be able to detect things in the air at a sufficient level to actually show that it was there. now, i know you found the coronavirus, but you found a whole load of other stuff, too. what was it? and was it potentially harmful? yeah, t...

A team in cambridge has shown that an off—the—shelf air filter can potentially remove almost all infectious airborne coronavirus from a hospital ward. scientists at the universityjoined with doctors at addenbrookes hospital to see just how much difference an air filter makes — and their experiment produced dramatic results, that could be used to make hospitals and other public buildings safer. heres our science correspondent richard westcott. theres evidence that the coronavirus can spread...

That we were all fairly gobsmacked by the results. uh, we were able to, uh, show that the covid virus was was in the air, measure how much is there, prove that we could get rid of it. it sounds simple, but finding a scientifically robust way of sampling the air is complex. vilas borrowed this device off a friend. its normally used to test for anthrax. it traps all the viruses and bugs in a liquid which they analysed at a nearby lab specialising in infectious diseases. they used the same techniqu...

Theres evidence that the coronavirus can spread through tiny droplets floating in the air. when people cough, laugh, sneeze, even breathe. so intensive care doctor vilas had an idea. would off the shelf air purifiers stop the virus floating around a covid ward? the results were dramatic. they tested the air without the machines, first of all, and, for five days, they found tiny droplets of the virus floating around. then they switched the machines on and the virus went, for five days. then they ...