In Iran, Over 700 People have allegedly died from alcohol poisoning after erroneously thinking it can cure the new COVID-19, according to the report.
According to the national coronerβs authority, alcohol poisoning killed 728 Iranians between February 20 and April 7. Although last year, there were only 66 deaths from alcohol poisoning,
Iranian health ministry spokesman, Kianoush Jahanpour, said 5,011 people had been poisoned from methanol alcohol, adding that some 90 people have lost their eyesight or are suffering eye damage from the alcohol poisoning.
Hossein Hassanian, a health ministry adviser, said the final tally of people who lost their eyesight could be much higher.
Iran is facing the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East with 5,806 deaths and more than 91,000 confirmed cases.
