HEALTH workers in Iran are warning people not to fall for coronavirus hoaxes, after 700 people died from alcohol poisoning amid claims drinking bootleg liquor can keep the virus at bay.
A report released by the Iranian Government earlier this month showed alcohol poisoning over a two-month period was 10 times the number of cases during the whole of 2019, likely spurred by the COVID-19 epidemic.
The national coroner’s authority said alcohol poisoning killed 728 Iranians between February 20 and April 7. Last year, there were only 66 deaths from alcohol poisoning, according to the report.
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“People think that alcohol causes immunity to corona, while drinking alcohol does not eliminate corona in the body,” a medical expert recently told the Government-aligned Tasnim News Agency.”
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