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How 600 people died in Iran drinking alcohol to cure Coronavirus

chuks oti

Apr 08, 2020

More than 600 Iranians have died from the consumption of high-concentrated alcohol believing it protects against the coronavirus.

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Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted a spokesperson for the Iranian judiciary, Ghulam Hussein Ismaili, as saying that the number of deaths due to drinking neat alcohol had reached a disturbing figure, adding that more than 3,000 people had been poisoned after drinking toxic beverages in an effort to treat the disease.

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He pointed out that many alcoholic drinks that were produced illegally in Iran lack the required standards, adding that a number of people have been arrested as a result of this.

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As of Tuesday afternoon, as many as 3,872 have died of the coronavirus in the Islamic Republic while the number of infections reached 63,589.

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(www.newsnow.co.uk)

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