With the coronavirus still around, the amount of hand sanitizers that have been found in households have increased as this has become one of the top selling products during the pandemic. In a recent report, seven different people died from reportedly drinking these coronavirus hand sanitizers after allegedly running out of alcohol during a party.
Seven people found dead at a party
According to the story by The Daily Mail, there have been seven people that reportedly died from drinking these coronavirus hand sanitizers during a party in Russia. The damage did not end here as there are now two people who have also drunk the coronavirus hand sanitizers at the party that are in a coma and inside the intensive care ward.
It was stated that a group of nine different people had drunk the antiseptic hand wash once their alcoholic drinks had run out during a party that took place on Thursday over in Tomtor village located in the Tattinsky district which is within the country's largest known region of Yakutia.
The victims' death piles up
The first three of these victims were known as a woman aged 41 and two men that were 59 and 27 respectively. The six other victims were then flown by a medical evacuation aircraft towards the regional capital of Yakutsk. The deaths added up on Friday as three more had died aged 69, 32, and 28. One more death happened just recently. All of these victims were reportedly at the party drinking the coronavirus hand sanitizer as an alleged substitute to alcoholic drinks.
According to Rosptrebnadzor, the federal public health watchdog, there have been nine cases of poisoning with the coronavirus hand sanitizer that have recently been registered. Seven of these cases were reportedly fatal.
The regional state prosecutor was the one who gave the news that the cause of death was poisoning due to drinking the coronavirus hand sanitizer. The victim partygoers drank a particular sanitizer that contained 69% methanol and had been popularly sold as a hand cleaner during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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CDC warns against drinking coronavirus hand sanitizers
Health officials then gave the warning to locals not to drink the known Russian-made antiseptic. This should not be taken as a substitute for alcoholic beverages and should not be drunk in any circumstance. A criminal case regarding the deaths of these partygoers has now been officially opened. There have already been multiple warnings coming even from the CDC regarding the ingestion of these hand sanitizers.
According to them, this is very dangerous and could result in fatalities. This is why the antiseptic should only be used on the hands to clean. It is also worth noting that using utensils when eating is safer than compared to using hands after washing with a 69% methanol hand sanitizer and other sanitizers.
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Written by Urian Buenconsejo
