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Local police said on Friday that at least nine men had died after drinking alcohol-based hand sanitizer as a substitute for alcohol.
Members of the group were reported to have lost consciousness after drinking a "high quantity" of the sanitizer mixed with water.
"Some people who are heavily addicted to alcohol had been consuming hand sanitizers for the high," said Siddharth Kaushal, the top police official for the town of Kurichedu, where the incident took place. "Alcohol is not available because of the lockdown, but hand sanitizers are easily available."
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I think the number is up to 11. Four of them are beggers.
Members of the group were reported to have lost consciousness after drinking a "high quantity" of the sanitizer mixed with water.
"Some people who are heavily addicted to alcohol had been consuming hand sanitizers for the high," said Siddharth Kaushal, the top police official for the town of Kurichedu, where the incident took place. "Alcohol is not available because of the lockdown, but hand sanitizers are easily available."
India: 9 die drinking sanitizer amid COVID alcohol ban – DW – 07/31/2020
At least nine people are reported to have died in southern India after drinking hand sanitizer as a substitute for alcohol. Alcohol stores were closed as part of a local lockdown to curb a rise in COVID-19 cases.
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I think the number is up to 11. Four of them are beggers.
