RABAT, June 5, 2024 (AFP) – Eight people in Morocco have died and dozens of others were hospitalised after drinking homemade liquor, the health ministry said on Wednesday. “Serious complications from poisoning” led to the death of eight people in the town of Sidi Allal Tazi, about 100 kilometres (over 60 miles) north Rabat, said the regional health directorate. More than 100 people in the town suffered from alcohol poisoning between Monday and Wednesday from […]
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Use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among youth ‘alarming’: WHO
By Camille BAS-WOHLERT COPENHAGEN, April 24, 2024 (AFP) – The widespread use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among adolescents is “alarming”, according to a report released on Thursday by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) European branch, which recommended measures to limit access. Based on survey data from 280,000 young people aged 11, 13 and 15 in Europe, Central Asia and Canada, the WHO said it showed a “concerning picture” of substance use among young people. “The […]
Toxic alcohol kills at least 27 in ‘dry’ Indian state
PATNA, India (AFP) — Toxic hooch has killed at least 27 people in the eastern Indian state of Bihar where alcohol is banned, officials said Tuesday, with unconfirmed reports putting the death toll at 40. Selling and consuming liquor is prohibited in several parts of India, driving a thriving black market for potent and sometimes lethal backstreet moonshine that kills hundreds every year. Initial investigations into the latest tragedy showed that poisonous methyl alcohol was […]
Eighteen dead in Russia from drinking bootleg alcohol
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian authorities said on Saturday they had arrested two people as part of an investigation into the death of 18 people in the Urals who drank bootleg alcohol, in the second such incident in recent weeks. Investigators said “several individuals sold people an alcohol liquid that was dangerous for their health” over the past two weeks in Yekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth-largest city. “Eighteen people died after drinking the liquid,” the statement […]
Bootleg alcohol kills 17 in Russia
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Seventeen people in Russia have died after drinking surrogate alcohol containing highly toxic methanol, officials said Friday, with investigators launching criminal probes. The deaths are the latest in Russia from the consumption of a cheap alcohol substitute, a persistent problem that authorities have previously said must be solved. An additional 16 people in the region of Orenburg, around 1,500 kilometres (930 miles) southeast of Moscow in the southern Urals, suffered alcohol […]
COVID patients with liver disease, history of alcohol abuse 80% more likely to die from virus: study
by Natalie HANDEL Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — A survey of people hospitalised for Covid-19 found those with chronic liver disease and a history of alcohol abuse were 80 percent more likely to die from the virus and less likely to receive life-saving intubation. In research to be presented this week at the International Liver Congress, researchers based in France analysed the national database of 259,000 Covid patients admitted to hospitals in 2020. […]
Hepatology Society of the PHL tells Filipinos that drinking alcohol would lead to severe COVID-19 infection
Notes alarming incidence of “COVID-19 hangover” among Filipinos during pandemic; busts myths regarding alcohol consumption (Eagle News) — The president of the Hepatology Society of the Philippines (HSP) warned the public on the ills of drinking alcohol amid renewed lockdown measures in the country, saying that alcohol consumption could lead to Filipinos getting more severe COVID-19 infection. Dr. Roberto De Guzman Jr., who heads the HSP –the only liver society recognized by medical […]
Drinking alcohol, substance use linked to severe COVID-19, hospitalization and death, various studies show
Noting this, WHO recommends restricted access to alcohol, liquor during lockdown (Eagle News) – Persons who have a history of alcohol, illegal drugs and substance use are more at risk in getting severe COVID-19 and being hospitalized, according to various studies and the World Health Organization. In fact, WHO is urging all countries to restrict alcohol or liquor use during lockdown as this had been found to contribute to severe COVID-19 infection, and even […]
Duterte certifies as urgent bill seeking higher excise taxes for alcohol, e-cigarettes
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has certified as urgent a bill increasing the excise tax on alcohol, heated tobacco products and vapor products. In a Nov. 12 letter to Senate President Tito Sotto, Duterte said he was certifying Senate Bill No. 1074 as urgent to “address the urgent need to generate additional revenue to support the effective implementation of the Universal Health Care Act..” He said this was also to “further protect the right […]
India toxic alcohol deaths jump to 133: police
At least 35 more workers have died in northeastern India after drinking toxic liquor, police said Sunday, taking the death toll from the latest mass alcohol poisoning beyond 130. The deaths in Assam state came less than two weeks after tainted liquor killed about 100 people in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. In addition to the latest toll, at least 200 more people were still hospitalised across Assam. “The death toll has […]
Toxic alcohol kills 98 in India, hundreds hospitalised
Ninety-eight workers have died and at least 200 others have been hospitalised in northeastern India after drinking toxic liquor, officials said Saturday, in the latest case of alcohol poisoning in the country. The deaths in Assam state came less than two weeks after tainted liquor killed about 100 people in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. In addition to the latest toll, at least 200 more people were still hospitalised, according to a […]
FDA, ipinag-utos ang pagkumpiska sa mga hindi rehistradong lambanog
(Eagle News) — Pinakukumpiska ng Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ang lahat ng mga ‘di rehistradong produktong “lambanog”. Kasunod ito ng pangyayari kung saan namatay ang walo katao matapos na umano’y uminom ng lambanog. Ayon sa FDA, patuloy nilang mino-monitor ang bentahan ng nasabing lambanog at kanilang kukumpiskahin oras na may mahuling patuloy na ibinibenta ito sa publiko. Ang nasabing lambanog na ininom ng walo kataong namatay ay ‘hindi umano rehistrado sa FDA. Una nang […]
