Human-to-human transmission of SARS-CoV-2 was confirmed on 20 January 2020, during the first stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Transmission was initially assumed to occur primarily via respiratory droplets from coughs and sneezes within a range of about 1.8 meters (6 ft). 

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Laser light scattering trials suggest that speaking is another way of transmission and a far-reaching and under-researched one, indoors, with little air flow. Other studies have suggested that the virus may be spread through the air as well, with air-borne particles potentially being able to transmit the virus.

During human-to-human transmission, an average 1000 infectious SARS-CoV-2 virions are thought to initiate a new infection. Our Si-Quat coatings will help reduce the number of infectious particles fast making the spread through respiratory particles that have landed onto surfaces or are passed on through contact, less likely to be able to infect people, even in short amount of time. 

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Studies have shown that on untreated smooth surfaces this virus can survive for weeks. Around a room temperature of 20 degrees Celsius, the coronavirus could last for 28 days on surfaces. At higher temperatures, the survival time decreased as the temperature increased.  

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Sars-Cov-2 has been on everyones mind for most of 2020 and will be for the years to come. It was therefor important to us that our anti-viral coating was tested against this Sars-Cov-2 pathogen and the Covid-19 disease it causes.