 "All entry and exit points of the dargah leading up to the basti have been sealed | Photo: Dalip Kumar")
Amid the shortage of personal protection equipment (PPE) for the doctors and frontline staff who are fighting against coronavirus, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has developed an ultra-low cost PPE kit.
Titled Polyethylene-based Improvised Protective Equipment under Scarcity (PIPES) kit, it has been designed by a team of IIT Kanpur researchers and industry partners. It is based on thin cylindrical rolls/pipes of polyethylene (polythene), which is non-porous and commonly used material for industrial packaging and making plastic-bags.
According to Dr Nitin Gupta, professor of the IIT Kanpur Biosciences and Bioengineering (BSBE) department, the existing PPE kits were not
