The UK Government is investing £270,000 in research at the University of St Andrews. A team of physicists and virologists at the university are testing different surfaces and coatings for their effectiveness in killing the Covid-19 virus.<img class="alignright wp-image-135407 size-large" src="” alt=”Coronavirus” width=”360″ height=”202″ />

Covid-19 can be transmitted through contact with surfaces in public spaces that are touched by lots of people – for example, door handles in schools and holding rails on public transport.