translated from Spanish: Toilet workers from the municipality of Santiago receive donation of protective materials for covid-19

The mayor of Santiago, Felipe Alessandri, together with the Minister of Mining, Baldo Prokurica, and Councillors Leonel Herrera, Juan Mena and Adriana Morán, received this noon the donation of the company Aintech, consisting of alcohol gel spray with copper nanoparticles, which extends for several days the protective effect against the Covid-19 and that will be used by the municipal workers who perform the tasks of grooming and cleaning in the whole community.” Our grooming staff has continued to work very hard during this pandemic. That is why this donation of disinfectant spray that we have received and contained copper nanoparticles, we wanted to give it to them, which are the real first line; because we are tremendously grateful to them, especially now, even risking their lives, so that they can work safer; because we have been concerned from day one to give dignity to our grooming officials,” the communal chief said. In addition, they were given a stock of reusable masks of the genus with copper filaments, which have a shelf life of up to 40 washers, while the company will perform the sanitization in toilet units and collection center of food boxes of the commune, with detergent enriched with this mineral. In this regard, the Minister of Mining emphasized that it is a national product that incorporates copper, stressing that “according to studies that have been carried out around the world allows to protect the life and health of people. Therefore, to this very important sector of work we wanted today to donate these products so that they can protect themselves.” Studies have shown that copper has biocidal properties, which prevent the spread of microorganisms such as viruses, bacteria, germs and fungi, so the Ministry of Mining has encouraged domestic companies to incorporate nanotechnology to allow greater protection in human health to combat the pandemic.

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