Study: Regular mouthwash can kill coronavirus within 30 seconds

A BBC report quoted Dr Richard Stanton, the lead author of another study that found that CPC-based mouthwashes help in fighting COVID-19, as saying: "This study adds to the emerging literature that several commonly available mouthwashes designed to fight gum disease can also inactivate the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (and other related coronaviruses) when tested in the laboratory under conditions that are designed to mimic the oral/nasal cavity in a test tube."

However, it remains unclear whether mouthwashes can be used to treat COVID-19 as it would require the oral rinse to reach the respiratory tract or the lungs.

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