A man died after drinking fish tank cleaner, believing it was a malaria drug that could potentially beat coronavirus. Gary Lenius and his wife Wanda, both in their 60s, drank chloroquine phosphate last month after confusing it for hydroxychloroquine - a drug previously touted by Donald Trump as a potential cure to treat Covid-19.
Gary, a retired mechanical engineer living in Arizona, died on March 22 and his wife was left in critical condition after ingesting the toxic chemical.
The man's wife said she had watched televised briefings during which President Trump talked about the potential benefits of chloroquine.