Airlines around the world are now using hospital-grade disinfectants to sterilize planes to stave off the coronavirus UAL
Get the Full StoryAthit Perawongmetha ReutersAirlines are turning to hospital-grade disinfectants to clean planes that may have been exposed to the novel coronavirus.
Qantas and Korean Air, which evacuated people from the virus' epicenter, used disinfectants designed to kill bugs like herpes, MERS, HIV, avian flu, and salmonella, according to Bloomberg.
United Airlines cleans planes after international flights with a disinfectant it began using during the 2014 Ebola outbreak.
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As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread around the world, airlines are turning to tools more common in hospitals than on jetliners to prevent spreading the virus.
According to a Bloomberg report, airlines that have been involved with evacuating passengers from outbreak hotspots have particularly come to rely on heavy-duty disinfectants, the type which hospitals use to kill microbes like herpes and "superbugs" like MRSA on surfaces.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Why Tesla's Model 3 received top crash-test safety ratingsSee Also:3 airlines are canceling flights between the US and coronavirus hotspots outside of China here's the full list44 airlines have canceled flights beyond China amid fears coronavirus is spreading globally here's the full listKorean Air flight attendant with coronavirus reportedly serviced 400-seat aircraft that flew between South Korea and US twice here's the list of the known routes she flewSEE ALSO: Airline workers reveal how they're dealing with being on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak as it spreads around the world
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