Covid19 in Corsica: “disinfection tunnel” in Ajaccio for supermarket customers

This is the first time in France. Two “disinfection tunnels” were set up in a supermarket in the Ajaccian region on Monday. The goal: to stop the spread of Covid19.

“Reassuring“;”ProtectiveThe words of the first users of the “disinfection galleries” are laudatory.

The tools, which resemble metal detection gates, were installed on Monday in a hypermarket in the Ajaccian region. The target. the goal: “break the spread of Covid19 “.

Costing € 9,500 excluding taxes, these portals promise a three-level disinfection of all microbes, bacteria and viruses: “using ultrasound, ultraviolet light and nebulization of a hypochlorous solution“explains Paul-Antoine Lanfranchi, director of the company Corse Chimie Industrie, which markets this equipment in Corsica.

Therefore, each customer takes his or her temperature by taking the palm of their hand to an integrated infrared thermometer before passing through this blue-lit metal bladder that diffuses the disinfectant solution through micro-mister.

“It’s not the ultimate weapon, but it plays a role”

For the owner of the hypermarket, François Padrona, this installation reassures both customers and employees. “It is very innovative, there have already been disinfection tunnels for shopping carts but not for people. It is the first installed in a supermarket in France“, He believes.

If, according to Paul-Antoine Lanfranchi, these machines “who have been used for seven years in Asia“to aim at break the spread of the virus by touching it, but obviously you need to keep the mask“.”It’s not the ultimate weapon but it plays a role“to limit the transmission of the virus.

Similar equipment has been placed at the entrance to schools or universities in Iran, Pakistan and Uzbekistan.

A disinfection lock was also established in President Vladimir Putin’s residence in June by Russian authorities to prevent any coronavirus contamination brought by visitors.