A boy looks at an ultraviolet sterilising machine cleaning library books he rents, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Narimasu library in Itabashi district in Tokyo, Japan, December 9, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
TOKYO (Reuters) - Libraries in Japan are hoping a machine that sterilizes books using ultraviolet light is giving visitors reassurance to take-out publications during the coronavirus pandemic.
Libraries across the country are installing the machine, which takes 30 seconds to sterilize a book using UV light and flutter it pages to clear out dust.
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