Part 10: News Words: Sterilize

A new bus shelter in Seoul, South Korea, uses technology to keep passengers safe from COVID-19

Sterilize.

A temperature scanner on the door will open to passengers only if the body registers a normal temperature.

Once inside, an ultraviolet light will sterilize germs and viruses floating in the air.

Sterilize is the act of destroying germs, viruses and bacteria with UVC light, dry heat or boiling liquid

In humans and animals, to sterilize is to perform a medical operation that blocks the ability to reproduce.