The claims that hot weather and exposure to the
sun can kill bacteria and virus such as COVID-19
is very popular as of recently. There are even
allegations on Twitter that accuses UNICEF to
advise people to drink more warm water and reduce
ice cream consumption as it may help to prevent a
person from being infected with COVID-19.
The allegation was then rectified when
UNICEF’s staff member, Charlotte Gornitzka issued
a disclaimer. There is no solid evidence linking the
properties of COVID-19 and its reaction to hot
weather. However, this myth is surprisingly among
many of those that are quite popular.
WHO also stated that some of the countries
with hot weather, like Malaysia, have also suffered
the wrath of this virus. Having said so, this proves
that exposure to the sun and hot weather does
not prevent anyone from getting infected with
COVID-19.
Concerns over the spread of the virus have prompted many
COVID-19 affected countries to make panic gel and disinfectant
fluids purchases causing these items in pharmaceuticals to be
out of stock.
This has enabled the creative community to make their own
sanitisers based on the examples from many hand sanitisers
available. According to scientists, homemade sanitizer
sometimes can have too much alcohol content for it to be used
on the skin which can then lead to many skin issues such as
irritation.
The product recipe is best used as cleansing agents for
the surface and tools, but it can be dangerous if it is used on
the skin. Due to the higher percentage of alcohol in DIY hand
sanitizer, a woman is currently hospitalised after her hands got
burned off because of the DIY sanitiser that she applied to her
hands prior to cooking.
According to Sally Bloomfield, a professor of the London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, so far, no homemade
sanitiser recipes have been successfully made at home or is
even safe to be used.
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