Pakistan, March 27 -- Doctors in New York are treating critically ill patients of Coronavirus with vitamin C, based on several reports that Chinese doctors have treated the disease with the same practice.

According to Long Island-based pulmonologist and critical-care specialist, Dr. Andrew Weber, every seriously ill patient is being administered a dose of 1,500 milligrams of intravenous vitamin C three to four times every day.

Each dose given to the patients during the pandemic is 16 times higher than the daily limit recommended by the National Institutes of Health. The public health agency recommended daily consumption limit of the powerful antioxidant is 90 milligrams for adult men and 75 milligrams for adult women.

Dr. Andrew Weber ...