Maryland emergency officials warned Marylanders on Friday not to inject or ingest disinfectant after receiving several calls from people with questions about its use.
The Maryland Emergency Management Agency issued the warning on social media shortly after President Donald Trump suggested doctors could study whether disinfectants could be injected or ingested to fight coronavirus.
Health officials have pushed back heavily on Trump’s statement Friday.
“This is a reminder that under no circumstances should any disinfectant product be administered into the body through injection, ingestion or any other route,” MDEMA officials said in the statement.
Mike Ricci, a spokesman for Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration, said the state’s hotline received more than 100 calls about disinfectant.
![Carroll County residents have been warned by the sheriff’s office to be skeptical of unexpected calls, texts or other messages requesting money, following the arrests of two men who police say defrauded a Finksburg woman out of at least $71,000 in a scam involving the online payment system PayPal. The two men, ages 29 and 31, were arrested in a sting operation after they showed up at the victim’s house in Finksburg in November, according to the sheriff’s office. They are being held without bail and are scheduled for a hearing next month before Carroll County Circuit Judge Brian DeLeonardo. […]](https://www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/09/26/RM3ZV2GXAVHO3KLWPTQSUTKBG4.jpg?w=535 "Carroll County residents have been warned by the sheriff’s office to be skeptical of unexpected calls, texts or other messages requesting money, following the arrests of two men who police say defrauded a Finksburg woman out of at least $71,000 in a scam involving the online payment system PayPal. The two men, ages 29 and 31, were arrested in a sting operation after they showed up at the victim’s house in Finksburg in November, according to the sheriff’s office. They are being held without bail and are scheduled for a hearing next month before Carroll County Circuit Judge Brian DeLeonardo. […]")
