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INFECTIOUS DISEASES, VIRUS, SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME, CORONAVIRUS
Edited by: Ahmed Mostafa, National Research Centre, EgyptReviewed by: Abdullah Salah Alanazi, Al Jouf University, Saudi Arabia; Benjamin Florian Koch, Goethe University Frankfurt, GermanyThis article was submitted to Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention, a section of the journal Frontiers in Public Health†These authors have contributed equally to this workRecent studies have shown that the infectivity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is reduced under alkaline conditions. The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of nasal irrigation and oral rinse with sodium bicarbonate solution on virus clearance among COVID-19 patients.