A leading disinfectant company urged people not to inject themselves with its products, hours after Trump said it might kill the coronavirus inside the human body

• The maker of Dettol and Lysol said on Friday that people should not inject themselves with bleach to kill the coronavirus.
• On Thursday night, Donald Trump mused aloud whether injecting yourself with disinfectant could kill the virus.
• "I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning?" he said at a press conference.
• Reckitt Benckiser, which makes Dettol, Lysol, and Harpic, said in a statement "under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body (through injection, ingestion or any other route)."
• Ingesting disinfectant that containing bleach can be fatal.
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A leading bleach manufacturer warned people not to inject themselves with disinfectant, hours after Donald Trump floated the notion that it could kill the coronavirus.

"We must be clear that under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body (through injection, ingestion or any other route)," Reckitt Benckiser, which makes Dettol, Lysol, and Harpic, said in a statement published on Friday.

"Due to recent speculation and social media activity, RB (the makers of Lysol and Dettol) has been asked whether internal administration of disinfectants may be appropriate for investigation or use as a treatment for coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)."

"We have a responsibility in providing consumers with access to accurate, up-to-date information as advised by leading public health experts."

The statement came just over 12 hours after Trump had floated the possibility that the coronavirus could be killed if people put disinfectant into their body.

Trump told a press conference at 5 p.m. ET on Thursday that he was aware that disinfectant could kill the coronavirus, and asked Dr Deborah Birx, who helps oversee the White House coronavirus response, if it could work inside the human body.

"And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning?" he said, turning to face Birx. "So it'd be interesting to check that."

"I'm not a doctor. But I'm, like, a person that has a good you-know-what."

Trump also floated on the idea of shining bright light inside the body to kill the bacteria.

"Suppose that we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light," Trump said.

"Supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way."

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