From Ökopur in Hall – Spray from Tyrol kills Covid viruses in the mouth


With the assumption that a mouth rinse solution originally developed for coma patients in the form of a spray could help fight the pandemic, the Hall-based company Ökopur made people sit up and take notice at the beginning of March. The “Tiroler Krone” reported in detail about it. Tests at the Medical University of Innsbruck then ran at full speed …

The Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology there has now provided evidence of its effectiveness. Accordingly, it was confirmed in the first series of laboratory tests that the mouth spray can eliminate SARS-Cov-2 viruses 100 percent within one minute.

“Can provide important impetus in a pandemic”
Director Cornelia Lass-Flörl also comments on the result of the tests: “With this first proof of the effectiveness of this oral spray against SARS-Cov-2 viruses, you could have a product that can provide an important impetus in the current phase of the pandemic” , explains the head of the institute.

Production expanded
A complete success for the managing directors Michael Forster and Thomas Steinmüller. As the two emphasize in an interview with the “Krone”, “we have known about the properties of this active ingredient for a long time. Now it has been confirmed by the current tests ”.

Because of this positive news, Ökopur has expanded and expanded its production capacities. “In addition, we have prepared for the expected challenge with our Innsbruck logistics partner.”

“Well tolerated by the human body”
Steinmüller and Forster explain about the active ingredient in “Salopur” that it “also occurs in the human immune system to fight viruses and bacteria and that the low concentration used is very well tolerated by the human body”. At meetings with friends, meetings, on public transport or visits to old people’s homes, he can reduce the risk of infection. “This is a support for the current vaccination strategy,” Forster concludes.