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This Article is From Apr 24, 2020

Trump Says Spoke "Sarcastically" About Injecting Disinfectants To Fight Virus

Donald Trump late Thursday turned during a press conference to government scientists in the room and asked them about disinfectant.

Trump Says Spoke "Sarcastically" About Injecting Disinfectants To Fight Virus
Donald Trump said he was being sarcastic about suggestion that people could try injecting disinfectants.
Washington:

US President Donald Trump on Friday played down a furor over his suggestion that people could try injecting disinfectants to fight the novel coronavirus, claiming he was being sarcastic.

"I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you, just to see what would happen," he told journalists at the White House.

Trump late Thursday turned during a press conference to government scientists in the room and asked them about disinfectant.

"It knocks (the virus) out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning? Because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs."

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