evidence: A fine example of a so-called "cure" is theadvice to eat more alkaline food items of higher pH value than the coronavirus. Because it will "defeat the coronavirus", the viral message claims. [...] Oyewale Tomori, professor of virology with the WHO, told Africa Check that the claim about the pH of the new coronavirus was incorrect. "Coronavirus has nothing to do with the stomach, so how do these ‘alkaline foods’, like lemon, lime, avocado, and garlic, beat the virus?" he said while urging to ignore such messages. [...] The viral message claim about the pH of novel coronavirus is false and baseless. Novel coronavirus does not have its own pH. So, it is pointless to assume alkaline food can prevent the infection of the virus.