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Sunlight Is Not Proven to Kill COVID-19

The sun captured in extreme ultraviolet light. Image courtesy of NASA.

Dr. Greg Murphy, a Republican Congressman from North Carolina, recently said sunlight can kill the novel coronavirus, but experts say the sun’s UV emission that reaches the earth’s surface isn’t enough to prove out as a disinfectant.

Politifact corrects the record here.

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Craig DiLouie

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