Coronavirus: Outcry after Trump suggests injecting disinfectant as treatment - BBC News
Don’t drink or inject bleach, you could die
Doctors and manufacturers are warning people against injecting or consuming bleach or any household cleaning product after statements by US President Donald Trump in today’s White House coronavirus task force briefing. Responding to research confirming that disinfectants kill the virus on surfaces, Trump suggested researchers investigate whether “we can do something like that, by injection inside”. Trump responded to evidence that sunlight impedes virus transmission via surfaces by suggesting “we hit the body with a tremendous — whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light”. Physician Deborah Birx, the US coronavirus response coordinator, stated in the same briefing that light is not a treatment for coronavirus. (BBC | 6 min read)Read the latest coronavirus news, continuously updated on Nature.
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