“Sunlight is the best disinfectant and I am quite certain the sun is coming.”

The Environment Agency says that’s because salt water can act as a natural disinfectant and the sea naturally disperses pollutants faster.

Dr Morris also highlighted that Bacillus cereus is resistant to some cleaning methods and that sporicides - disinfectants that kill microbial spores - can be required to achieve decontamination.

Patient wounds routinely crawling with maggots because health care facilities have no access to soap, gauze, disinfectant and running water.

Sample went on to quote former Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, who once said that “sunlight is the best disinfectant” in reference to the details expected in the filing and the potential for redaction.