Trump says he 'can't imagine why' there was a spike in calls to emergency hotlines in several states after he 'sarcastically' mused about injecting disinfectant to cure the coronavirus

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• President Donald Trump mused aloud that experts should look into the possibility of treating the coronavirus with ultraviolet light in the body and injecting disinfectants during a coronavirus press briefing last week.
• The president later claimed the suggestion was sarcastic.
• Officials in Maryland and Michigan reported a spike in calls to emergency hotlines following Trump's comments. Illinois also saw a spike in calls to poison control centers.
• When asked if he claimed responsibility for the spike in poison control calls, Trump said he "can't imagine why" it happened.
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President Donald Trump says he "can't imagine why" there was a spike in calls to emergency hotlines and poison control centers after he suggested injecting household cleaners could be a coronavirus cure.

"I see the disinfectant where it knocks [the coronavirus] out in a minute," Trump said during the coronavirus press briefing. "One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning? So it'd be interesting to check that."

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