Professor Michael Gilchrist and Dr Nan Zhang, UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering; Dr Jaythoon Hassan, UCD National Virus Reference Laboratory (NVRL) and Dr Nicola Fletcher, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine are the leads on a project entitled ‘Development of Plastic Packaging and Film Resistant to COVID-19’ which aims to develop a plastic film that will ensure coronavirus does not remain viable for more than 60 minutes.