Fact check: Trump wrongly suggests sunlight could help cure coronavirus

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President Trump has added to his list of dubious or inaccurate coronavirus-related medical claims, wrongly suggesting at a White House briefing that sunlight could possibly be used to treat people who have the virus

Trump also issued a false denial when asked why he has stopped promoting the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment, incorrectly saying,"I haven't at all." He referred to how"we started with a broken test" without explaining that the faulty initial test was created during his presidency, this year.

"False denial on hydroxychloroquine At Thursday's briefing, Trump issued a false denial when asked why he has stopped his promotion of hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug that he embraces as a potential cure for coronavirus.

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