Australians will have access to a spray that kills Covid in 90 seconds

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Millions of Australians will have access to a world-first spray that kills Covid-19 from surfaces in just 90 seconds.

ViroCLEAR - an Australian-made disinfectant approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration - will be made available to 5.5million workers in aged care, schools, universities, pubs and restaurants from Wednesday.

The product, which was developed by BioInnovate, takes less than two minutes to kill the virus from tables, handles and other surfaces, while other sprays take up to 10 minutes to work.

Covid-19 can live on plastic for up to 72 hours, cardboard for up to 24 hours and steel surfaces for up to two days.

© Provided by Daily Mail ViroCLEAR, which was developed by BioInnovate, takes less than two minutes to kill the virus from tables, handles and other surfaces, while other sprays take up to 10 minutes to work© Provided by Daily Mail ViroCLEAR will be made available to 5.5 million workers in aged care, schools, universities, pubs and restaurants from Wednesday

'Think about when you go to the supermarket and someone passes you a trolley that has just been wiped down,' BioInnovate Chair Ross Macdougald told news.com.au.

'In reality, Covid-19 can stay on that surface for 10 minutes or longer and so it is highly transmissible.

'The same goes for handles and seats on public transport, university and school desks, communal food halls and on all surfaces in aged care homes, where 683 older vulnerable residents have died.'

Mr Macdougald said ViroCLEAR, which started being produced in Melbourne this week, is the first Covid-19 disinfectant in the world that combines speed, non-toxicity and can be used on surfaces and skin.

The product has been produced as a hand sanitiser and a surface spray for Aussies working on the front line of education, hospitality and healthcare.

At the end of the month everyday Australians will be able to access the disinfectant.

ViroCLEAR will also be rolled out to public transport users later in the year.

BioInnovate expects the product to be exported to the United States, Asia and Europe by mid-2022.

Meanwhile, the federal government has stuck by its time frame for the Covid-19 vaccination rollout despite initial delays, with administered doses falling well short of the 60,000 nationwide target for the first week.

© Provided by Daily Mail The product has been produced as a hand sanitiser and a surface spray for Aussies working on the front line of education, hospitality and healthcare

As of Tuesday, nearly 42,000 first-dose vaccinations have taken place.

The Morrison government has also insisted the vaccination of all aged care residents within six weeks of the rollout's start remains on course.

The TGA is batch testing the first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine this week, with the aim of rolling it out from March 8.

The first 30,000 doses landed in Sydney on Sunday.

Australia recorded no new locally-acquired cases on Tuesday and nine cases in returned travellers in hotel quarantine - three in NSW, two in South Australia and four in Queensland.