Montreal Hospital to Test Cleaning Robot That Uses Ultraviolet Light

Montreal Hospital to Test Cleaning Robot That Uses Ultraviolet Light
A room for testing patients is shown at a COVID-19 evaluation clinic in Montreal, Canada, on March 10, 2020. Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press
The Canadian Press
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MONTREAL—The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre says it will soon conduct the first Canadian test of a robot that uses ultraviolet light to disinfect.

The Montreal institute moved to order the robot just as the COVID-19 pandemic was emerging in China and Europe to see if the technology could be useful to Canada. A first robot arrived on April 27 for testing purposes.