Hundreds of scientific studies over the past century have proven the disinfectant efficacy of Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI or UV-C) energy, having first inactivated viruses and other microbes on surfaces in 1877, in water in 1910 and in air in 1935.
The 2019 COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is no exception. Both the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and ASHRAE include UV-C as a recommended mitigation step to slow the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.