U.S. FTC orders marketers to stop false claims their products can prevent COVID

[January 20, 2022]  (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission ordered over 20 marketers nationwide to immediately stop making baseless claims that their products and supposed therapies can treat or prevent COVID-19.

"Violators who make deceptive claims related to the treatment, cure, or prevention of COVID-19 are subject to penalties of up to $43,792 per violation", the FTC said in a statement on Wednesday https://bit.ly/3GKZNtQ.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru)

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