During an outbreak of a new virus like COVID-19, there are no existing products on the market that can claim to kill it. This is because the virus was not available to test, and it can take more than one year to get a viral claim approved by a regulatory agency. For this reason, EPA has enacted a “hierarchy-based” policy, meaning that if a company’s product has been found to be effective against harder-to-kill viruses, it is likely to kill a virus like COVID-19. The American Chemistry Council’s Center for Biocide Chemistries has developed a list of EPA-approved products that have been proven effective against viruses that are harder to kill and which may be effective at killing the Novel Coronavirus.