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Maharashtra: 5 die in Yavatmal after drinking sanitiser in the absence of alcohol

At least five people have died after drinking alcohol-based sanitiser after they could not get alcohol because of a strict lockdown underway in Maharashtra. Another man who consumed sanitiser for satiating his alcohol addiction complained of unease and was taken to the rural hospital for treatment. The relatives of the deceased informed the doctors at Wani Rural Hospital that their …

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Brothers die in India after drinking three litres of hand sanitiser as ‘they ran out of alcohol’

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Seven Die After Drinking Hand Sanitiser in Place of Alcohol During Party in Russian Village

Seven people in Russia’s Far East republic of Yakutia have died and two were in a coma on Monday after consuming diluted hand sanitiser widely available during the pandemic. A statement published by Russian investigators on Saturday said a group of nine locals fell violently ill in the village of Tomtor after consuming diluted hand sanitiser that they had purchased …

10 Die in Andhra Pradesh After Consuming Hand Sanitiser in Absence of Alcohol

At least ten alcohol addicts, including three beggars, died after allegedly consuming sanitiser as an alternative to liquor in a village under COVID-19 lockdown in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, police said on Friday. As the liquor shops in town and surrounding villages were closed for the last 10 days due to lockdown, they consumed sanitiser used for hand hygiene. …