Dr. Carlos del Rio, a professor of infectious diseases and global health at Emory University's Department of Medicine agrees. "I think the Minister of Health of France is wrong [in] prohibiting the use of ibuprofen based on limited data," he says. The World Health Organization is looking into the matter, says spokesperson Christian Lindmeier, "but after a rapid review of the literature, [the WHO] is not aware of published clinical or population-based data on this topic." A few media outlets have reported that WHO is now advising against using ibuprofen to treat fevers in patients with COVID-19 symptoms, but Lindmeier tells NPR that's not true. Advice From France To Avoid Ibuprofen For COVID-19 Leaves Experts Baffled Frankly, I don't know what to believe, I'm just sharing a counter article.But the European Medicines Agency issued a statement Wednesday saying that while it is monitoring the situation, there's "currently no scientific evidence establishing a link between ibuprofen and worsening of COVID‑19."