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Face masks are indeed becoming a part of gift baskets this holiday season. With wintry weather on the horizon, cases are expected to rise, as is evident in the recent surge in Europe and United States. Given these circumstances, knowledge dissemination on biomedical and nonmedical countermeasures are the need of the hour.
During CS 2019-20, cotton production is estimated to have increased by 13.6 per cent to 6 million tonnes during CS 2019-20 on account of higher yields backed by favourable monsoon conditions.
Porous cotton substrates are better in destabilizing the SARS-CoV-2 virus. With global COVID-19 cases over 37 million and deaths crossing one million, medical and nonmedical countermeasures such as masks are critically needed.
Recent study by Australian scientists show that material characteristics and temperature play important roles in the survival of the coronavirus.
The year 2020 started with lingering trade tensions between two leading producers of cotton, China and United States.
If “sticky cotton†is not detected in time and properly handled, it can generate excessive maintenance costs in spinning, affect the production and compromise yarn quality.