• December 18, 2024

Fact checks 2020

FALSE: Coconut does not cure COVID-19

An article claiming that coconut fruit cures COVID-19 is FALSE.

The article, published on the Opera News website, claims scientists from the Philippines have discovered that oil extracted from coconuts can cure COVID-19.

In June this year, the Department of Science and Technology in the Philippines announced that the country had started conducting trials on the viability of virgin coconut oil as a potential medicine for COVID-19 at the Philippine General Hospital.

https://pesacheck.org/false-coconut-does-not-cure-covid-19-54ea6e21aabe