False virus cure kills hundreds in Iran

By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell
Updated March 28 2020 - 5:18pm, first published 5:15pm
A false belief that toxic methanol can cure coronavirus has led to hundreds of deaths in Iran.
A false belief that toxic methanol can cure coronavirus has led to hundreds of deaths in Iran.

Iranian health workers are begging the public to stop drinking industrial alcohol in the mistaken belief that it can cure coronavirus.

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