As coronavirus spreads around the world, so too do the quack cures
(The Guardian India)

Politicians, faith leaders and other authority figures have been touting dubious remediesCoronavirus - latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIn India, politicians from the ruling Hindu nationalist BJP party have been touting cow urine as a cure for Covid-19. In Tanzania the president has promised that taking communion in church would `burn` the virus away. In Brazil a congressman claimed a day of fasting would halt its spread.And the leader of the most powerful country in the world, Donald Trump, has been touting as a miracle cure an unproven anti-malarial drug that has contributed to at least one death. Continue reading...