Coronavirus: The health advice that is misleading or worse

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As countries around the world grapple with the coronavirus epidemic, there's been widespread sharing of health advice, ranging from the useless but relatively harmless to things that could be dangerous.

We've been looking at some examples and what the science says about them.

Drinking alcohol won't stop the virus

This one has also come up regularly but is misleading and possibly harmful.

A politician has demanded the immediate opening of shops selling alcohol, closed during India's lockdown.

"When coronavirus can be removed by washing hands with alcohol, then drinking alcohol will surely remove the virus from the throat," said Bharat Singh, a senior member of the Congress Party, in Rajasthan state.