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Do UV lamps serve to disinfect due to Covid-19? The way a virologist disinfects her home.

Rxplica.co observes the pandemic has turned surface disinfection into a new business niche for gadgets like UVC (Ultraviolet C) lamps. However, not even their producers recommend them as unique instruments, but complementary to inactivate viruses such as SARS-CoV-2. It happens that these devices emit UVC light that kills all the viruses that it reaches to touch on the surfaces, but nothing else; any area that has not been touched by light is simply not disinfected. It is very common that at home there are multiple objects and furniture that cover walls, tables and corners, which is why it is practically…
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