Webinar on Sensor-based air monitoring systems: A technology to indicate the spread of COVID-19
Channel: Oizom
Date: 25/05/2020

Oizom conducted a webinar on Sensor-based monitoring systems: How the technology can help mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

A recent study conducted by Italian scientists at the University of Bologna has shown Coronavirus has been detected on particles of air pollution. Higher levels of particle pollution are carried over longer distances and increase the number of people infected. Therefore it is very crucial to monitor particles present in the air and mitigate the dust levels through effective dust suppression.

Moreover, in France, the Paris water authority's laboratory detected tiny amounts of the virus in four of 27 samples collected from around the capital. This might suggest that places like Waste Water Treatment plants could also be acting as breeding grounds for Coronavirus. However, concrete evidence is yet to be collected. This certainly puts up Water Authorities to conduct a risk analysis before treating the water.

The Webinar was focused on Oizom offerings followed by a discussion on how effective monitoring can act as a mitigation tool to control the pandemic.