President Donald Trump has suggested the possibility of studying injecting disinfectants into COVID-19 patients or bringing UV light “inside” their bodies to kill the deadly virus, drawing immediate flak from American health experts who urged people not to listen to such “dangerous” advice.
Launching a new scientific study conducted by hisdepartment, Homeland Security for Science and Technology Under Secretary BillBryan on Thursday said the coronavirus dies at a much more rapid pace whenexposed to sunlight and humidity.
“The virus dies the quickest in direct sunlight.Isopropyl alcohol will kill the virus in 30 seconds,” he told White Housereporters in the presence of President Trump at his daily briefing on theCOVID-19 situation in the country.
Bryan’s remarks left Trump wondering if there was apossibility of injecting the chemical into a person infected with COVID-19 as adeterrent to the virus.
“I see the disinfectant that knocks it out in a minute,one minute…And is there a way we can do something like that by injectioninside, or almost a cleaning? Because you see it gets inside the lungs and itdoes a tremendous number on the lungs, so it would be interesting to checkthat,” the US president told reporters at the press briefing.Trump also raised thepossibility of using light to combat the deadly viral infection.