{"id":254419,"date":"2020-05-10T02:48:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T06:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=254419"},"modified":"2020-05-10T02:48:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T06:48:49","slug":"pinoys-in-ethiopia-innovate-disinfection-cabin-vs-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/10\/pinoys-in-ethiopia-innovate-disinfection-cabin-vs-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinoys in Ethiopia innovate disinfection cabin vs. Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_254420\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-254420\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/unnamed-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-254420\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/unnamed-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/unnamed-7.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/unnamed-7-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-254420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: NECESSITY BREEDS INNOVATION. The disinfection cabin team members Engr. Marlon Rojo, Engr. Eunelfa Regie Calibara, Engr. Jolan Sy, Engr. Wubishet Degife (Ethiopian) and Engr. Alain Vincent Comendador. A team of Filipino expatriate engineers and teachers in Amhara Region in north-central Ethiopia innovated a disinfection cabin for exposed clothing and skin that may be contaminated with coronavirus. (Photo courtesy of Wollo University Filipino team members via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 In the continuing battle against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), a team of Filipino expatriate engineers and teachers in Amhara Region in north-central Ethiopia innovated a disinfection cabin for exposed clothing and skin that may be Covid-contaminated.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Installed at the main entrance of Wollo University-Kombolcha Institute of Technology (WU-KIOT), the cabin uses four misting devices that aim for whole-body coverage, and a disinfectant mist combined with liquid disinfectant and pressurized air.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">To use, a person enters the cabin, turns around for a few seconds to ensure complete body disinfection and exits the other side of the disinfection cabin.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Filipino innovators are Engr. Alain Vincent Comendador, Engr. Eunelfa Regie Calibara, Engr. Jolan Sy and Engr. Marlon Rojo.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The disinfection cabin was inspired by Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT)\u2019s CabinIITZ.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Wollo Provincial Office of the Ethiopian Ministry of Health will later inspect the Filipino-innovated disinfection cabin and the disinfectant formulation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">WU-KIOT endeavors to get the disinfection cabin accredited by the Ethiopian Ministry of Health.\u00a0<em><strong>(DFA PR)<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 In the continuing battle against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), a team of Filipino expatriate engineers and teachers in Amhara &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":254420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254421,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254419\/revisions\/254421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}