Immunologist Dr Yaw Bediako has dismissed claims by a former Provost of the College of Health Sciences of the University of Ghana, Rev. Emeritus Prof. Andrews Seth Ayettey, that hydrogen peroxide works in the prevention of coronavirus.
https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m1252/rr-27 Based on the science, team members and their families and friends started using 1% hydrogen peroxide for mouth washing and throat gargling to establish evidence of protection from the virus. When team members exposed to COVID-19 patients tested negative for the virus and remained healthy, we were encouraged to share the use of this oral cleansing agent with several others. The Daily Graphic reproduction of the above article is now being also cited worldwide has further expanded use of this oral hygiene fluid in the pandemic. In our on-going observational studies, we have become even more convinced about the efficacy of this solution, realizing that eight frontline nurses in the COVID-19 management team at a District Hospital using hydrogen peroxide had not contracted the disease and had tested negative since May 2020. In comparison, 62 of their colleagues not using peroxide had contracted the disease b