China Daily Global / 2021-03 / 03 / Page015
Greece develops air-purifier sterilizers for epidemic prevention China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-03-03 00:00
PIRAEUS, Greece－A year ago, when the COVID-19 pandemic reached Greece, the municipality of Piraeus mobilized experts at its newly established Blue Lab to produce much-needed protective face shields. Hundreds were distributed to referral hospitals and front-line personnel.
In the next step, Blue Lab, the first business-innovation center dedicated to exclusively promoting blue growth in Greece, joined forces with students and professors at the University of West Attica to develop air-purifier sterilizers to help reduce the further spread of the virus.
Three of these devices were installed this year at the port city s main Citizens Service Center, where about 200 locals per day apply for the issuance of various documents, says Dimitris Karidis,