Gargling warm water with either salt or vinegar can eliminate coronavirus.
Claim: Gargling warm water with either salt or vinegar can eliminate Coronavirus., Fact: The World Health Organisation (WHO) or Indian government has not mentioned anywhere that the gargling of warm water with salt or vinegar can eliminate coronavirus. Indian government’s Press Information Bureau (PIB) has also said that the message that was circulating on social media is fake. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE., When searched to find out if the usage of warm water with salt or vinegar can eliminate Coronavirus, no credible information from the  World Health Organisation (WHO) or Indian government was found. Earlier, when the same message (gargling of warm water with salt can prevent the spread of coronavirus) was circulated, WHO has sent an email to ‘AFP‘ that they don’t have any concrete evidence to substantiate that news., According to the WHO, there is no vaccine to treat COVID-19 yet. From the information found on the National Institute of Health (NIH) website, an investigational vaccine (mRNA-1273) developed by a company is being tested in America. However, it takes time\xa0to find out if the vaccine is efficient enough to treat COVID-19. ‘PIB Fact Check’ has also\xa0tweeted that the above message that’s been circulating on social media is false. PIB is the official public information department of the central government., #Coronavirus CANNOT be treated by gargling with warm water mixed with salt and vinegar.This is #fakenews circulating on social media and WhatsApp.For authentic information on #Coronavirusoutbreak, follow @PIB_India and @MoHFW_INDIA #PIBFactCheck #IndiaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/gKUGDBqR9Q, The information about the protective measures advised by the WHO to prevent coronavirus can be found on their website., To sum it up, there is no proof that gargling with warm water and salt or vinegar can eliminate Coronavirus., Did you watch our new video?, 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).
Gargling warm water with salt or vinegar will not eliminate Coronavirus - FACTLY