A test 'to see if you've got coronavirus' that has been widely shared on social media has been rubbished by medical experts and deemed dangerous.
The self-check for COVID-19 has spread like wildfire on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and WhatsApp and claims people can test themselves for coronavirus every day by holding their breath for 10 seconds.
One Facebook post, which has been shared thousands of times and claims to come from a doctor at Stanford University reads: "Take a deep breath and hold your breath for more than 10 seconds. If you complete it successfully without coughing, without discomfort, stiffness or tightness, etc., it proves there is no (COVID-19 caused) Fibrosis in the lungs, basically indicates no infection.”
I myself have spotted the same post shared numerous times by people on my Facebook timeline but people need to be aware that it is NOT any accurate test for coronavirus.
That was confirmed by This Morning reporter Alice Beer when she appeared on the ITV show on Monday, as you can see in the video above.
She told hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby: "This has been absolutely thrown out by medical experts. I am not a medical expert but I have taken advice from them and this is NOT proof that you do or do not have the virus."
Other health experts have said it is "very dangerous" for people to think that holding their breath for 10 seconds without any trouble would be an accurate test for coronavirus.
