Chinese researchers develop device to inactivate coronavirus

File photo shows a set of equipment that can inactivate coronavirus with electron beam irradiation. (Photo provided to Xinhua)

GUANGZHOU, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have developed a set of equipment that could inactivate coronavirus with electron beam irradiation.

The technology has passed an expert panel review and is set to be applied in cold chain food packaging disinfection, according to a press conference Monday in south China's Shenzhen City.

China General Nuclear Power Corporation, Tsinghua University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases and the Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen were involved in the project.