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As the pharmaceutical industry races to find treatment for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), President Rodrigo Duterte has guaranteed that he will lift quarantine measures in the country once a “cure” is out in the market.

The drug remains to be unregistered at the FDA as of April 28.

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He made no mention of it in his hour-long address.

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has admitted that there is a shortage of personal protective equipment for the country’s health care workers servicing those afflicted with COVID-19.

There's no evidence that current medicine can prevent or cure the disease.

It was taken in May 2018, months before the disease first emerged.

A misleading article from 2018 with a headline saying consumption of coconut oil can eliminate “93%” of “colon bad cells” in two days has recently been resurrected and shared on social media. It also makes a number of inaccurate claims.

It's an unsafe concoction.

It was given a name about 40 years ago. It wasn't discovered in China.

Inhaling extremely hot steam has a risk of burn injury, WHO adds.

The FDA debunked the claim. Its chief also said the drug has no application for registration yet.