Dr Hilary Jones has revealed to Good Morning Britain viewers that ibuprofen could help with inflammation on coronavirus patients.

The television doctor addressed the news that scientists are running a trial to see whether ibuprofen can help hospital patients who are sick with Covid-19.

The team from London’s Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital and King’s College believe the anti-inflammatory drug – as well as a painkiller – could relieve breathing difficulties.

They hope the low-cost treatment can keep patients off ventilators.

‘Anti-inflammatories like ibuprofen could have an effect on surprising the inflammation,’ Dr Hilary said.

‘What we know about Covid-19 is that it’s not just a respiratory illness at all, it affects many organs in the body largely because the lining of blood vessel becomes inflamed.

‘When the lining of blood vessels become inflamed, it helps the blood to clot and any deposits already in the arteries can form in patients with Covid-19 and will have very sevvere consequeneces.

‘So an anti-inflammatory could potentially help with that inflammation, and suppress some of the consequences of Covid-19, preventing people from going onto ventilators.’

On Wednesday’s Good Morning Britain, Dr Hilary insisted we must stick to the two-metre distance rule, as it ‘halves’ the risk of catching coronavirus.

After Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he wanted to ‘reduce’ the distance, a study from the World Health Organisation (WHO) suggested this could double the risk of infection.

Speaking to Lorraine Kelly about the research, 66-year-old Dr Hilary said: ‘It’s really odd how we’ve [decided], “Lets change the rules, the virus will understand.”

‘It’s confusing because the WHO up to now have been saying… Globally the advice has been one metre is sufficient, we’ve always said two metres.’

He added: ‘Social distancing will still need to be observed. It’s still really important, probably more important than it has been in the past.’

Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV.

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