NEW DELHI, July 31 — Nine people have died in India from drinking alcohol-based hand sanitiser after liquor shops in their town were closed due to virus restrictions, police said today. The group lost consciousness after consuming a “high quantity” of hand sanitiser mixed with water or soda,...
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The group lost consciousness after consuming a “high quantity” of hand sanitiser mixed with water or soda, Siddharth Kaushal, police superintendent for Kurichedu town in Andhra Pradesh state told AFP.The group turned to hand sanitiser “as a substitute” for liquor after supplies were cut off when authorities ordered a lockdown of the town to combat the coronavirus, he added.Hundreds of poor people die every year in India due to alcohol poisoning, mostly from consuming cheap hooch.
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