On Monday morning (6th December) the BBC interviewed Prof. Paul Hunter, an expert in infectious diseases from the University of East Anglia. He told the BBC that the Omicron variant is likely to be the UK’s dominant Covid variant within weeks. He went on to say that “I think this virus is around [and] going…
Byretech Ltd are pleased to have supplied the Port of Felixstowe with Liquid Guard® to help reduce the risk of transmission of Covid 19 between employees using the same equipment. Liquid Guard® is an antimicrobial nano-coating that breaks the transmission of bacteria and virus between hands and surface touch points. Liquid Guard’s easy two-part application…
As the majority of legal lockdown restrictions lift throughout England, a collective sigh of relief is breathed by many. However, as has pervaded all national guidance during this pandemic, there is a BUT…. There are still people and families who have grave concerns about their own or family’s safety, and the fact that the laws…
Following the announcement from the UK Government, the final easing of lockdown measures will be delayed by four weeks until the 19th July. The aim is to allow the vaccination programme to be accelerated so that 89% of adults will have had one dose and 76% will have had both, helping reduce the cases of…
With hotels and B&B’s being able to open from the 17th May, combined with the recent easing of border restrictions between Wales, England and Scotland, demand for staycations is increasing exponentially. The Camping and Caravanning Club saw its membership increase by a third in March alone and the website Properties.com has seen the demand for…
As teachers throughout England look forward to welcoming their children back into class this week, Liquid Guard® applicators have had a busy few weeks treating high touch surfaces in schools and other education settings. Liquid Guard is an antimicrobial surface coating that breaks the hand-surface-hand transfer of transient pathogens, notably SARS CoV2 – against which…
G4S is an extensive global service provider with operations in over 80 countries and employing over 530,000 people, making it the world’s third largest private employer. Its UK operations are equally impressive with 10,000 UK customers serviced by 25,000 employees across a wide range of sectors, from security, custodial and rehabilitation services, to facilities and…
Everyone is keeping everything crossed for the 22nd February when the UK Government will outline its plan for exiting lock down and we all hope that life can return to some semblance of normality, even if it’s just resembles the “normal” of last summer! Signs are positive with the number of daily positive tests dropping,…
The briefing paper ‘Tracing surface and airborne SARS CoV-2 RNA inside public buses and subway trains’ published by Science Direct, examines the prevalence of SARS CoV-2 RNA inside buses and subway trains. The study took place in Barcelona between May and July 2020 and used surface swabs of frequently touched surfaces inside buses and subway…
Throughout the pandemic, we have worked with a plethora of companies whose key objectives have been to keep their employees, visitors and customers as safe as possible. Measures have included the creation of work team bubbles, separation screens, extensive use of sanitisers and social distancing. These have contributed to reducing the person to person transmission…