Bactericides

U.S. President Donald Trump rolled back on April 24 his claim that a possible treatment for coronavirus could be to inject infected patients with disinfectants, after his misguided suggestion garnered widespread ridicule.

Trump told reporters in the Oval Office he was being "sarcastic" when he made the claim during Thursday evening's nightly press briefing.

Turkish police and gendarmerie's anti-smuggling and organized crime teams have carried out 288 operations in 65 provinces of Turkey in one month against attempts to produce fake, unauthorized and unhealthy disinfectants, colognes, masks and healthcare products.

As all streets across Turkey are being disinfected against the coronavirus, environmental associations and experts say that the disinfection measures using chemicals will damage the ecosystem by killing all bacteria, rather than reducing the risk of disease transmission.

The solidarity initiative was launched by the ASCB after students noticed more than two weeks ago that many elderly people were still going to shops and supermarkets despite the authorities' recommendations that they avoid crowded places and stay at home.

Greek pharmaceutical industries are starting the mass production of antiseptic solution to cover the increasing needs of the country's national healthcare system fighting the new coronavirus.

An Istanbul-based tech company has manufactured a paper money disinfection module for ATMs to remove bacteria and viruses from paper money.

"The module we developed makes all ATMs hygienic and environmentally friendly in 15 minutes," Furkan Eruçan, the Co-Founder of Money Shower, told state-run Anadolu Agency.

Students at Turkey's vocational training schools are joining the country's efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic by producing protective masks, which have been on high demand since the outbreak.

The Health Ministry will introduce a quick test to determine the necessity of patients taking antibiotics in a bid to prevent excessive use of the medicine, as Turkey ranks top among Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries for antibiotic use. 

Prosecutors from the High Court of Cassation and Justice announced on Wednesday that they have launched an investigation into the alleged purchase of substandard hospital disinfectants.

They said they were probing "the criminal offences of the obstruction of disease control and of the forgery and substitution of food or other products".

BELGRADE - Multi-resistant bacteria have become one of the most serious threats to modern healthcare, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated. All modern, advanced medical care has been based on antibiotics, but now even this drastic medicine has become increasingly unusable.