Prognosis
New York MTA Buys UV-Light Devices to Kill Coronavirus
- Agency’s pilot program will zap ultraviolet light on surfaces
- MTA will spend $1 million on new disinfecting technology
An MTA worker mops around a bench at a Times Square subway station in New York on April 21.
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New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority will use ultraviolet light to help remove Covid-19 from its subways, buses and commuter trains as the technology has shown to eradicate the virus from surfaces.
The MTA will spend about $1 million for 150 double-headed lamps and begin next week zapping the interior of subway cars in the yard. While such technology has been used to clean hospitals and urgent-care facilities, agency officials say it’s the first time ultra-violet light is being used to kill the cornavirus on public transit infrastructure.