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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-05-20more like thismore than 2020-05-20
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 remove filter
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Vitamin C: Coronavirus more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the efficacy of Vitamin C in boosting immunity to covid-19. more like this
tabling member constituency Bath more like this
tabling member printed
Wera Hobhouse more like this
uin 49802 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
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answer text <p>The Government has not undertaken a specific assessment of vitamin C in relation to COVID-19. However, Public Health England (PHE) is not aware of any robust evidence that vitamin C can “boost” the immune system to prevent us from catching COVID-19 or mitigate its effects.</p><p>PHE is monitoring emerging evidence on nutrition and COVID-19 and assessing its quality, involving the Government’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition as appropriate.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds more like this
answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-06-05T11:33:17.59Zmore like thismore than 2020-06-05T11:33:17.59Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse remove filter