Suggests injecting disinfectant and sunlight to treat COVID-19

In a White House coronavirus briefing, Trump dangerously suggested that injecting disinfectant or using "ultraviolet or just very powerful light" inside the body could treat COVID-19. "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 asked. Medical experts and disinfectant manufacturers immediately issued warnings against ingesting cleaning products, as calls to poison control centers spiked.

"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?" — White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing, April 23, 2020