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US president Donald Trump has claimed he was only testing the media when he suggested injecting people with disinfectant to fight off Covid-19.
“I was asking sarcastically to reporters just like you to see what would happen,” he told reporters early Friday afternoon.
Trump did not appear to be joking when he pondered the idea at Thursday’s press briefing.
“I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in one minute,” Trump said at the time. “Is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside, or almost a cleaning? […] It would be interesting to check that.”
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