According to the British media "The Sun" reported on the 21st, at a party in a Russian village, 7 workers continued to drink methanol-containing hand sanitizer after drinking alcohol, but unfortunately died.
According to reports, in the village of Tomtor in the Tattinsky District of the Sakha Republic of Russia, nine workers attended a gathering this Thursday, and it turned out to be a tragedy. At the
party, these 9 people drank the hand sanitizer that was widely used during the epidemic after drinking alcohol. The sanitizer contained 69% methanol. After that, 7 workers died unfortunately and 2 remained unconscious.
The three workers who died initially were a 41-year-old woman and two men, 27 and 59 years old. After that, another 6 people who drank disinfectant were transported to Yakutsk by medical plane for treatment.
Unfortunately, three of the six men died on Friday and one died on Saturday.
The Public Health Supervision Agency of the Russian Federation said in a statement: “At present, we have registered 9 cases of poisoning caused by drinking disinfectants, of which 7 cases resulted in deaths.” The prosecutor of the
regional state said: “These poisoning incidents They were all caused by drinking disinfectant hand sanitizer.”
Currently, the police have launched an investigation into the case as a criminal case. At the same time, local health officials warned locals not to drink disinfectant.
In June this year, a similar case occurred in New Mexico. The person in charge of the local health department said that three people died after drinking methanol-containing hand sanitizer and one was blind. Official
said the incident was related to alcoholism and the other three were in critical condition.
Health officials said: “It is believed that all seven people have drunk hand sanitizer containing methanol.”
