A new treatment cure was found against the spread of Coronavirus. A study claims that gargling betadine substance for 15 to 30 seconds may destroy 99.9% of the SARS-CoV-2 in a human body. The Japanese government also supported this claim, but in different terms. Here's the study. 

Does gargling prevent COVID-19?

A scientific study claims that gargling betadine can destroy SARS-CoV-2, which has been infecting the human body into Coronavirus. 

According to Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore, Betadine antiseptic products are confirmed to be effective against the spread of COVID-19.

The research was first published via Infectious Disease and Therapy Journal on July 8. Based on the study, antiseptic products like betadine, namely Solution (10% PVP-I), Skin Cleanser (7.5% PVP-I), Gargle, and Mouthwash (1.0% PVP-I) and Throat Spray (0.45% PVP-I) can destroy 99.9% of Coronavirus for as fast as 30 seconds.

Betadine is a topical antiseptic product that used to treat infection against germs. Interestingly, it has a Povidone-iodine substance, which was proven to be effective against coronaviruses, including the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The study claims that this medicine is now being used by hospitals, especially for doctors and other medical frontliners, since they face-to-face meet with the patients.

"These results confirm our view that BETADINE antiseptic products, used appropriately and in conjunction with other preventative treatment options including PPE, can play a role in limiting the spread of infections, including COVID-19," said Mundipharma CEO Raman Singh. "It also provides the medical community as well as consumers with a science-based assurance that they are using a product that is a proven defense against COVID-19." 

Japan also believes in betadine-gargling vs. COVID-19

Not only experts from Singapore prove that betadine-gargling can prevent a person's exposure to COVID-19. Even the Japanese government supports the same claim.

Bloomberg reported that the Governor of Japan's Osaka promotes betadine as a medicine against SARS-CoV-2. Based on their study on 41 patients with COVID-19 mild symptoms, gargling with diluted povidone-iodine-- which is present to betadine-- for four times a day decreases the chances of acquiring COVID-19.

Compared to patients that only gargle with plain water, medicine helps up to 9.5%. The Japanese study and the Singaporean study were different when it comes to its effectivity. 

"We've always been asking people to gargle, in addition to washing their hands, wearing a mask and social distancing," said Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui. "Now we're just saying there were better results when they gargled with this instead of gargling with nothing."

Japan's one counter-action against the spread of COVID-19 is through mouth gargling. More than the washing of hands and wearing face masks, this is one of their ways to stop its further spread. 

However, for now, the study is still in its early phase, so nothing's sure yet. 

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Written by Jamie Pancho