I-SMM, Meyi 11: Ungqongqoshe Wezimayini eChile, uBaldo Prokurica, usanda kuyala ukuthi kubulawe amagciwane ebhilidini lakhe lehhovisi ngosawoti we-quaternary ammonium aqukethe ama-nanoparticles ethusi ukuvimbela ukusabalala kwe-coronavirus entsha.UNgqongqoshe u-Prokurica ushilo ku-Twitter kanye nabezindaba ze-TV zendawo ukuthi lobu buchwepheshe bathuthukiswa yinkampani yaseChile i-Aintech.“Sekuyisikhathi eside sifuna ukusebenzisa ithusi njengesithako esilwa namagciwane ukuvimbela amagciwane, amagciwane kanye nesikhunta.Ukubhebhetheka."

Kubikwa ukuthi imikhiqizo efuthwe esakhiweni seHhovisi likaNgqongqoshe iProkurica ingavimbela ukhuni, izindwangu kanye nengilazi ekubeni inqwaba yamagciwane.Ngokusekelwe kuzici zomkhiqizo, uNgqongqoshe Wezimayini wase-Chile ukhuthaze ukusetshenziswa komkhiqizo ezikhumulweni zezindiza, eziteshini zamabhasi, nasezibhedlela.Ezikhungweni zezokwelapha, lo mkhiqizo ungasetshenziswa nasezinsizeni zomuntu siqu, njengamamaski okuhlinzwa.
Kusukela ngo-2019, engqungqutheleni Yonyaka Yokuhlola Nonjiniyela yaseCanada (i-PDAC), kukhonjiswa imaski egcwele ithusi.Ngaphezu kwalokho, uNgqongqoshe uProkurica uthe uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi abantu abaningi abasebenzisa ukheshi sebekhulile, uxoxisane ne-mint yezwe ukuthi ithusi kufanele lifakwe emalini yamaphepha kanye nezikweletu ukuze kuvinjelwe ukusabalala kwamagciwane.

I-Copper inempahla yemvelo elwa namagciwane, kepha isikhathi sayo se-antibacterial asiside ngokwanele ukuvimbela ukusabalala kwe-coronavirus entsha emphakathini.Ama-Ph.D ase-Huzheng asebenzise ubuchwepheshe babo ku-nanotechnology ukuze bathuthukise izakhiwo ze-antiviral zethusi.Wahlanganisa ungqimba lwe-nano yethusi phakathi kwezingqimba ezimbili zokuhlunga nezimbili ezingangeni manzi.Lapho ungqimba lwe-nano-copper luhlangana ne-coronavirus entsha, kuzodedelwa ama-ion ethusi.