Can regularly rinsing your nose with saline help prevent infection with the new coronavirus?
Regularly rinsing the nose with saline has protected people from the new coronavirus.
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Updated: 2020-02-08 21:23
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Rumor: Regularly rinsing the nose with saline has protected people from the new coronavirus.
Fact:
There is some limited evidence regularly rinsing nose with saline can help people recover more quickly from the common cold. However, regularly rinsing the nose has not been shown to prevent respiratory infection.
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