The Eroski Group has announced the commercialization of the first Under the MO brand and the name MOxATech, it is a face shield of Portuguese origin that has successfully passed the tests carried out by . Its sale price is 9.95 euros. Also read:
As the information provided by the supplier specifies, this is a highly efficient, comfortable and waterproof reusable mask that has an innovative coating that neutralizes the SARS-CoV-2 virus when it comes into contact with the fabric, an effect that is maintains after 50 washes.
The mask is designed and manufactured in Portugal and is the result of collaboration between several agents from the business, scientific and academic community, including the company Sonae Fashion and its retailer in the fashion sector MO, with whom Eroski closed a collaboration agreement less than a year ago for the marketing of its textile brand.
According to official technical information, this face mask is developed with a technical fabric that integrates several different layers and a water-repellent treatment that neutralizes bacteria and viruses when they come into contact with the mask. The iMM virologist Pedro Simas, who coordinated the tests, assured that the tests carried out “have shown effective inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 even after 50 washes, observing a 99% viral reduction after one hour of contact with the tissue.” “.
To test its effectiveness, the tissue was analyzed after being in contact with a solution containing a certain amount of virus, to measure its viability over time.
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