Claim: Social media users are questioning the origins of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus as it continues to spread after discovering that some Dettol cleaning products "kill" the human coronavirus.
Fact-check: Dettol effective against known strains, not 2019 Novel Coronavirus
Verdict: based on the evidence, aap factcheck found the facebook post to be a mixture of true and false information. coronavirus, which was first identified in the mid-1960s, is an umbrella term used to describe different strains of the illness ranging from the common cold to sars coronavirus and mers coronavirus and also the 2019 novel coronavirus. the dettol surface cleanser, which lists human coronavirus as a microbe the product is able to eliminate, is produced by dettol uk. the company says they have not tested their products on the 2019 novel coronavirus and there is no evidence at this stage they would be able to kill the new strain.
Organisation: Australian Associated Press
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2020-02-05T00:00:00