Painful incidents recur heroes of Iranians trying to protect themselves from the Corona virus in a wrong way, and they die after eating quantities of methanol.
According to a doctor, who works with the Iranian Ministry of Health, told the Associated Press on Friday that about 480 people have died and poisoned about 2850 people so far after they were methanol (methyl alcohol) in various parts of the country, according to the Euro News channel.
These poisonings are caused by alleged prescriptions for the prevention and treatment of the emerging coronavirus, spread through social media in Iran, where people question the government after reducing the importance and seriousness of the crisis for several days before things get out of control.
"There are other countries that have only one problem, and that is the new Coronavirus epidemic," said Dr. Hussein Hosianian, an adviser to the Iranian Ministry of Health. But we are fighting on two fronts here. ”
He added: "We have to treat people with alcohol poisoning and also fight the virus."
Iranian accounts on social media claim that a British teacher and others have managed to heal themselves using alcohol and honey, and this and other stories are widely circulated.
While the circulation of other messages about the use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers, some people mistakenly believed that drinking highly concentrated alcohol would kill the virus in their bodies.
Fear of the virus, in addition to poor education and Internet rumors, has led to dozens of poisoning by drinking methanol alcohol in Khuzestan Province in southwestern Iran and the southern city of Shiraz.
Videos broadcast by Iranian media showed patients lying in hospitals due to poisoning, while the country needed hospital beds to treat patients with the Corona virus.
Husainian said that counterfeit alcohols killed in two provinces more people who died due to the virus. He added: “They think they drink ethyl alcohol, but what they actually drink is methanol alcohol or alcohol extracted from wood, this leads to organ failure, loss of vision, Unfortunately, many people have died. ”