The world is still battling the global pandemic Covid-19. It has created massive impacts to our world economy and our daily living in year 2020, taking a toll on us human beings and our world economy. As the whole world is currently working towards a vaccine for Covid-19, we are also changing how we live and work, understanding more about personal hygiene and standards for our home, public spaces and workplaces. Sharp Corporation developed a device, a world’s first, equipped with Sharp\u2019s Plasmacluster\u2122 Technology Capable Of Reducing More Than 90% Of SARS CoV 2 Virus Within 30 seconds.<\/p>\n

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This achievement was accomplished in collaboration with Professor Jiro Yasuda of the National Research Center for the Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases\/Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Professor Asuka Nanbo (a Board member of the Japanese Society for Virology) of the same institution, and Professor Hironori Yoshiyama of the Department of Microbiology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine (also a Board member of the Japanese Society for Virology), and in cooperation with Nagasaki University, an internationally respected authority on infectious disease research.<\/p>\n

In December 2019, an outbreak of \u201cCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19)\u201d caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS CoV 2) was reported, and by August 2020, more than 25 million people have been infected with SARS CoV 2 and more than 840,000 individuals died of this infectious disease in a world. This outbreak represents an urgent problem facing society, and demands that immediate countermeasures be taken across a wide range of fields.<\/p>\n