Probash Barta 24 Newsdesk :: A young British-Bangladeshi scientist has developed a revolutionary disinfectant solution that has been deemed “ground-breaking” in the global fight against Covid-19.
After 14 months of research, Sadia Khanom, 26, developed “Voltique”, a spray that attracts and kills all pathogens (viruses, bacteria, fungi, and other microbes) on any surface it is applied to for 14 days.
The NHS, NASA, and various independent peer-reviewed labs have all successfully trialed Voltique – which will now be taken on by a number of governments and blue-chip companies.
Hospitals in the UK say the spray is 100% effective in killing coronavirus has the potential to save organizations 70% on their cleaning product bills.
Sadia has already received orders for Voltique worth over £10 million from as many as 13 countries around the world.
The spray can be used in medical equipment, hotels, motels, restaurants, aircraft, and nuclear stations.
Sadia said: “I’ve been obsessed with science from an early age. My passion piqued at the age of 14 when my grandfather developed Alzheimer’s and from then on I have made it my mission to prevent the disease.”
Sadia is a young scientist who was about to take a PhD in Alzheimer’s Research and Neurodegeneration when the pandemic struck.
“I have a strategy to find an early intervention of Alzheimer’s however my restriction has been lack of funding, so I decided that by creating something like Voltique I could create a solution for Covid whilst funding my Alzheimer’s research at the same time,” she added.
Sadia used her parent’s restaurant, Café India, as her initial case study and tested her invention on different services.
“I have studied Covid-19 extensively and have also conducted a great deal of research on all common disinfectants on the market. After months of research, I finally found the perfect formula and called it Voltique,” she said.
Alongside scientific innovation and development professional, Colin Hagan, Sadia plans to roll out the potentially life-saving invention on a global scale.
Sadia’s father Kabir Ahmed is a proud man now. “There is nothing more joyous than we can help people around the world with this discovery of my daughter,” he says.
Sadia’s family lives in Chester, UK. Her father Kabir Ahmed is a restaurateur. Her grandfather Azmat Ali migrated to the United Kingdom from Sylhet’s Bishwanath way back in 1964.
From an early age, she became interested in science. But her father first admitted her to the local Blackburn Madrasa. He wanted his daughter’s education to start with lessons on religion.
From Blackburn Madrasa, she successfully passed GCSE, along with the Alima course. She went on to study at Holy Cross Sixth Form College, Manchester, and eventually earn a Masters in Genetics from Chester University. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D.
