Accordingly the health minister appeared on RTM's Bicara Naratif programme and claimed that the virus cannot take heat, and that the warm water would also flush virus into the stomach. Do not drink water that is not boiled. Drink a glass of water that is warm because the virus does not like warm things. Make sure (the water) is not too hot.
Perhaps the virus will go down (the oesophagus) and when it reaches the stomach which has acids, the virus dies. That's how we eliminate the virus.What's important is that we have to kill the virus in our throats before it reaches our lungs. He said "This virus, it likes the lower part of the lungs. It likes to stay there. That's why it is said that this virus loves human beings". She noted, however, that drinking water was good as it keeps a person hydrated but clarified that it does not "inactivate the virus in any way".
Moreover she said heat of 60°C can inactivate the virus outside the body, but drinking a warm glass of water would not help once the virus has entered the body.Do not drink water that is not boiled. Drink a glass of water that is warm because the virus does not like warm things. Make sure (the water) is not too hot.
