Ozone  gas has been proven to kill the SARS coronavirus and since the  structure of the new 2019-nCoV coronavirus is almost identical to that  of the SARS coronavirus, it is relatively safe to say that it will also  work on the new coronavirus though it must be noted that there is no  studies to date except one that is current ongoing n China at the  Institute of Virology In Hubei with regards to this. Progress of that  study has shown that it works and the study should be concluded by the  end of this week and officially published in the journal Virology.

There are more than 17 scientific studies that show Ozone gas is able to destroy the SARS coronavirus.

Ozone  is a naturally occurring gas created from oxygen atoms. The oxygen  molecule is made up of 2 oxygen atoms. These oxygen molecules are broken  into atoms by the corona discharge during lightning storms or by UV  light from the Sun. Single oxygen atoms cannot exist alone without  regrouping back into di-atomic oxygen molecules. During this  recombination stage some atoms will regroup into loosely bonded  tri-atomic oxygen. This new molecule is called Ozone or O3.

Ozone generators are able to make ozone from normal air and are normally used as room disinfectants.

The  antipathogenic effects of ozone have been substantiated for several  decades. Its killing action upon bacteria, viruses, fungi, and in many  species of protozoa, serve as the basis for its increasing use in  disinfecting municipal water supplies in cities worldwide.

Typically,  viruses are small, independent particles, built of crystals and  macromolecules. Unlike bacteria, they multiply only within the host  cell. Ozone destroys viruses by diffusing through the protein coat into  the nucleic acid core, resulting in damage of the viral RNA. At higher  concentrations, ozone destroys the capsid or exterior protein shell by  oxidation.

Numerous  families of viruses including poliovirus I and 2, human rotavruses,  Norwalk virus, Parvoviruses, and Hepatitis A, B and non-A non-B are   among many others that are susceptible to the virucidal actions of  ozone.

Most  research efforts on ozone's virucidal effects have centered upon  ozone's propensity to break apart lipid molecules at sites of multiple  bond configuration. Indeed, once the lipid envelope of the virus is  fragmented, its DNA or RNA core cannot survive.

Non-enveloped  viruses (Adenoviridae, Picornaviridae, namely poliovirus, Coxsachie,  Echovirus, Rhinovirus, Hepatitis A and E, and Reoviridae (Rotavirus),  have also begun to be studied. Viruses that do not have an envelope are  called "naked viruses." They are constituted of a nucleic acid core  (made of DNA or RNA) and a nucleic acid coat, or capsid, made of  protein. Ozone, however, aside from its well-recognized action upon  unsaturated lipids, can also interact with certain proteins and their  constituents, namely amino acids. Indeed, when ozone comes in contact  with capsid proteins, protein hydroxides and protein hydroxides and  protein hydroperoxides are formed. Viruses have no protections against  oxidative stress.

The  enveloped viruses are usually more sensitive to physico-chemical  challenges than are naked virions. Although ozone's effects upon  unsaturated lipids is one of its best documented biochemical action,  ozone is known to interact with proteins, carbohydrates, and nucleic  acids.

The new coronavirus is an enveloped virus.