1: Coronavirus recedes in warmer weatherADVERTISEMENTOne of the biggest myths on COVID-19 is that the virus causing it, the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), dies in warm weather. Thermal scanners also cannot detect persons already infected with COVID-19 but have yet to show symptoms, like fever. 6: Use antibiotics to treat COVID-19Since the novel coronavirus is a virus, antibiotics do not work against them. COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus that first emerged in China’s city of Wuhan in Hubei province in late 2019. The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses named the novel coronavirus as SARS-CoV-2.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 17, 2020 10:41 UTC