Why whisky could kill the coronavirus (but not if you drink it)

The new coronavirus is more sensitive to alcohol than Sars or Mers and can be killed almost completely by ethanol concentrations as low as 30 per cent, according to a joint study by scientists from Germany and Switzerland. Though many spirits such as whisky or gin have an alcohol content higher than that, scientists do not recommend using them as a disinfectant unless in desperate situations and t