“The viral post on social media shows the photo of a label of a Dettol product. The circled text shows the different microbes Dettol is able to kill, which includes the name of Coronavirus as well. The post caption states: “This kills coronavirus how did they know about it in 2019??”
Social media posts
Claim dated 2 Jul 2020.
Vishvas News rated thisMISLEADING
What Vishvas News found
The label of Dettol mentioning that it kills coronavirus is not the recent strain of coronavirus. They have not tested its products for the recent noval coronavirus. Misleading post is getting viral.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 July 2020. Vishvas News (India) looked into it and published its finding on 2 July 2020. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
This check was done by Vishvas News, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.