By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: Joining the fight against novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, Tezpur University on Saturday said it has developed face shields for the medical staff who are on the frontline of the battle.
“The face shields are jointly developed at Embedded Systems and Robotics Lab and Applied Photonics and Nanophotonics Lab at the University, which are supported under the funding of The Department of Science & Technology (DST), Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and eYantra Project (IIT Bombay) and Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi respectively,” a statement from the university said.
“The University has already dispatched first set of face shields to Tezpur Medical College, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, and Dr B Borooah Cancer Institute,” the statement added.