Fact Check: Did Donald Trump advise injecting people with disinfectant to fight COVID-19?

Claim: Did Donald Trump talk about injecting people with disinfectant to fight coronavirus?

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What is rumour about?

• U.S. President Donald Trump conducted a Coronavirus task force briefing on Thursday. Post briefing, re has been an outcry on social media as well as among medical professionals. 

• Donald Trump advocated  use of disinfectant in an injection form to clean out lungs, as disinfectants have proved to be useful in cleaning out virus. 

• Take a look at a few forwards from Twitter and mixed reactions to Trump's suggestions post his White House briefing. 

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Google Trends 

After an analysis of Google Trends with respect to Donald Trump advising people to use disinfectant in an injection for coronavirus rumour, one can see that people have been hugely interested to kw about same. maximum number of searches have been done on April 24, 2020, and trend seems to be stable throughout today. 

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Republic World did a fact check 

• Republic World did a fact check on wher Donald Trump suggested injecting disinfectant to fight  coronavirus.  claims were found to be True. 
• On Thursday, March 23, Donald Trump discussed with his task force officials  possibility of injecting people with disinfectants to fight  coronavirus. He furr suggested if any research could be done regarding same. Although he has T advised people of United States to start injecting mselves with disinfectants. 
• President Donald Trump conducted a task force briefing on Thursday, where he discussed ongoing research done by  U.S. government. He also discussed  various recommendations and suggestions which could be worked upon in medical field to find ways to kill  coronavirus. 
• At start of briefing, an official presented research done by U.S government stating that coronavirus was seen to weaken quicker when exposed to sunlight and heat.
• ir study also mentioned that bleach also killed virus in saliva or respiratory fluids within five minutes whereas using isopropyl alcohol would kill virus more quickly. However, Trump stated that research should be carried out with caution, and thus he approved to continue research in that area.

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• Trump also stated  discussions that he had with Dr Deborah Birx, who is White House coronavirus response co-ordinator. He mentioned that furr researches are going to be carried out to check on what happens if body is hit with a tremendous amount of UV or any powerful light. He also suggested that bringing light inside body through skin or in any or way could also be tested.
• te: US FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) has strictly warned against ingesting disinfectants. 

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