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Mythbusting: Can eating garlic help prevent infection with the new coronavirus?

 15 February 2020
Mythbusting: Can eating garlic help prevent infection with the new coronavirus?

Garlic is a healthy food that may have some antimicrobial properties. However, there is no evidence from the current outbreak that eating garlic has protected people from the new coronavirus.

For more information, visit Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: Myth busters at:

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters

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