The Health and Education ministries have selected Aura Air, a smart air purification company offering AI-based solutions, for a new pilot initiated by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to install air filtration systems in 700 classrooms across Jerusalem.
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In the pilot, Aura Air purification systems will be installed at approximately 100 educational institutions in the Jerusalem area and the ministries will study their impact on the spread of the virus in classrooms.
"Using Aura Air's innovative purification system to protect Israel's schoolchildren from COVID-19 is a matter of national urgency," said Aura Air co-founder and CEO Aviad Shnaiderman.
"We have been leading the charge for clean and safe air globally and are honored to now be selected for this pilot as the fight against COVID-19 continues."
Thus far, over 150 educational institutions across the world have partnered with Aura Air to protect the air in their classrooms.
