Don’t fall for rumours claiming that alcohol protects against coronavirus, says COVID expert
Head of Punjab’s expert committee on COVID Dr Ok Ok Talwar on Wednesday urged individuals to not fall for rumours doing rounds on social media that alcohol can supply safety against coronavirus, which has contaminated practically 4,00,000 individuals within the state. He mentioned ingesting an excessive amount of alcohol can weaken individuals’s immunity and improve their probabilities of getting contaminated.
Talwar mentioned he learn on social media that the consumption of alcohol can supply safety against the virus.
“Such sort of mistaken beliefs can create serious issues,” he mentioned.
“If people consume large quantities of alcohol, then they can have more chances of getting infected,” he mentioned.
Talwar informed PTI that it’s unsuitable to counsel that the consumption of liquor can kill the coronavirus.
He, nonetheless, mentioned there isn’t any hurt in consuming a really small amount of liquor.
Talwar, who can be a former director of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), mentioned primarily based on scientific statement, it’s endorsed that individuals ought to keep away from consuming liquor two days earlier than and after taking the COVID-19 vaccine.
He additionally expressed concern over the upper fatality price in Punjab’s rural areas.
People in rural areas resort to self-medication or shopping for medicines from chemists for fever or some other downside as an alternative of getting themselves examined in time, he mentioned.
Talwar additionally confused the necessity to prioritise monitoring of house isolation instances for fast identification of great sufferers in rural areas.
According to Punjab well being division knowledge, the state’s rural areas have a case fatality price of two.7 per cent as against lower than one per cent in city areas.
Rural areas have reported 58 per cent of the COVID-19 deaths and 27 per cent of whole instances within the state this 12 months, the information confirmed.
Talwar urged individuals to stick to COVID curbs imposed by the state authorities and observe COVID applicable behaviour to interrupt the chain of transmission.
On Tuesday, Punjab registered the document single-day rise of 173 COVID-19 deaths and seven,601 new instances that pushed the state’s toll to 9,645 and an infection tally to three,99,556, in response to a medical bulletin.
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