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“Our technology can reduce SARSCoV-2 particles by more than 99.9%”
Bio Spectrum
|August 2020
With the development of a medication to combat the novel coronavirus still in the works, it has become imperative to find an immediate solution for this global pandemic.

After conducting more than 65,000 experiments and filing more than 100 patents, Swiss hygiene company Livinguard Technologies, with operations in India, Germany, USA, Singapore, Japan, and South Africa, has recently come up with a revolutionary and first, of its kind face mask, that can directly inactivate bacteria and viruses, including 99.9 percent of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The globally patented technology has been invented by Sanjeev Swamy, an entrepreneur of Indian origin, who also heads the company. BioSpectrum India took this opportunity to interact with Sanjeev Swamy, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Livinguard Technologies, Switzerland, and find out more about this interesting technology that can help us fight the pandemic. Edited excerpts;
Sanjeev Swamy, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Livinguard Technologies, Switzerland
What is so unique about this technology?
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