Given its anti-infective and oxygenating properties, hydrogen peroxide may offer prophylactic and therapeutic applications for responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Globally, many physicians have reported using H 2O 2 successfully, in different modalities, against COVID-19.
Knowledge of the antiseptic effects of hydrogen peroxide (H 2O 2) dates back to the late 19th century, and its mechanisms of action has been amply described.