The novel coronavirus can be cured by one bowl of freshly boiled garlic.
Claim: 2019 novel Coronavirus can be cured by one bowl of freshly boiled garlic., Fact: World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a clarification that garlic may have some antimicrobial properties but there is no evidence that it can protect people from the 2019 novel Coronavirus. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE., When searched for information on garlic and its efficacy to cure Coronavirus, it was found that the World Health Organization (WHO) has already issued a clarification, regarding garlic, on its website. On the WHO website, it can be read that ‘garlic is a healthy food that may have some antimicrobial properties. However, there is no evidence from the current outbreak that eating garlic has protected people from the new coronavirus.’ Also, on the website, it can be read that ‘to date, there is no specific medicine recommended to prevent or treat the novel coronavirus’., Many other myths regarding the novel Coronavirus have been busted by WHO, which can be seen below., To sum it up, ‘Garlic is healthy but no evidence that it protects people from the new Coronavirus’, says WHO., Did you watch our new video in the DECODE series?, Comments are closed., FACTLY is one of the well known Data Journalism/Public Information portals in India. Each news story on FACTLY is backed by factual evidence/data from official sources that is either available in the public domain or that is collated/gathered/collected using tools such as the Right to Information (RTI).
‘Garlic is healthy but no evidence that it protects people from the new Coronavirus’, says WHO. - FACTLY