The number of deaths due to industrial alcohol poisoning in Fars Province has reached 100.
Following the outbreak of the coronavirus and the start of a new wave of industrial alcohol consumption and poisoning in Iran, official reports indicate that at least 100 people have died due to industrial alcohol poisoning in Fars Province.
According to Iranian media, on Thursday, May 1, the head of the Fars Emergency Center announced that since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak in Iran, at least 854 people have been referred to medical centers in the province due to industrial alcohol poisoning, of which 100 have died.
According to the head of the Fars Emergency Center, the age of people who visited medical centers during this period after consuming industrial alcohol was 20 to 40 years old.
These statistics are reported quoting Islamic Republic officials, but there is no precise information about the accuracy or falsity of these statistics, and access to real statistics in Iran is not possible as in the past.
The wave of industrial alcohol poisoning in Iran intensified after rumors spread that drinking alcohol could prevent the coronavirus, and news of poisoning of Iranian citizens in the provinces of Fars, Alborz, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad, Khorasan Razavi, East and West Azerbaijan, and Kermanshah province were also reported.
It was previously announced in a report that at least 600 people have died from industrial alcohol poisoning as the coronavirus spreads in various provinces of Iran.
Buying, selling, and drinking all types of alcoholic beverages are prohibited in Iran, and the police and judiciary are trying to combat the prevalence of alcohol consumption in Iran by imposing certain punishments, such as public flogging.
Existing bans have resulted in the lack of accurate statistics on the amount of alcohol consumption in Iran and the harm it causes, but some research shows that in addition to the high level of alcohol consumption in Iran, the lack of low-alcohol beverages and the presence of harmful impurities in homemade beverages lead to abuse and serious harm to consumers.
Source: Voice of America
