This site article "Coronavirus growth inhibitory effect on sea lettuce, discovered by Chubu University(February 2th), Chubu University posted a release on the official website on February 24th, "Confirmed the effect of suppressing the growth of human coronavirus in the seaweed" Aosa "─ For the effect of the new coronavirus. Also expected ─ ”was deleted from the official website on February 2th.
According to the Chubu University Public Relations Department, "We made an announcement after confirming the contents of the release in advance, but there were cases where the interpretation was different from the contents of the release, so we canceled the publication once."
In the content of the release, "We would like to expect an effect on the new coronavirus based on the fact that it was confirmed that it is effective in suppressing the growth of various viruses including human coronavirus by ramnan sulfate contained in Aosa", but on the Internet etc. The misunderstanding that "the effect on the new coronavirus was confirmed" was widespread.
Future measures are currently under consideration.
