Poison Centre: 'Health tag' for preventing Covid-19 ineffective

Published: Mar 30, 2020 10:00 AM | Updated: Mar 30, 2020 10:37 AM

CORONAVIRUS | The National Poison Centre has debunked a claim that a product worn around the neck like a name tag could protect against Covid-19 infection.

Citing a 2017 study, it said such products emit very low or even undetectable levels of chlorine dioxide gas, and had no effect on destroying bacteria or viruses.

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