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The MOxAdTech is the first mask made of textile fabric which stops the virus in its tracks when it comes into contact with it, and passed all the tests carried out on it at the João Lobo Antunes Molecular Medicine Institute (iMM) in Lisbon, which created it along with the company Sonae Fashion, the CITEVE Technology Centre, the fashion retailer MO, the textile manufacturers Adalberto, and Minho University.
Supermarket chain Eroski says it is now on the shelves for the bargain price of €9.95.
“It is highly-efficient, comfortable, waterproof, and has an innovative built-in top layer which neutralises the SARS-CoV-2 virus when it enters in contact with the material,” Eroski says.
“The mask is made up of a material comprising several layers and a water-repelling treatment, which neutralises the virus and other bacteria.
“It maintains its efficiency after 50 washes and carries the OEKO-Tex kitemark which demonstrates an absence of toxic chemicals used during manufacturing, and making it harmless in human and organic terms.
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