Drinking Sanitiser: Police conduct door-to-door campaign, find 235 addicts in Andhra Pradesh

Last week, 16 people in Kurichedu Mandal died after consuming sanitiser in lieu of alcohol
 

While many use sanitisers to keep away coronavirus, some have become addicted to drinking it
 

Police in Andhra Pradesh said they have identified at least 235 persons who have become addicted to consuming hand sanitiser

But why are these people so addicted to the sanitiser? They say it is because of non-availability of alcohol
 

A week ago, 16 people in Kurichedu Mandal died after consuming sanitiser in lieu of alcohol

Police teams are going door-to-door to find out if people are consuming sanitiser due to the unavailability of alcohol

.Andhra Pradesh, among the fastest-growing states in the country in terms of COVID-19 patients, has a total of 1,66,586 cases

While 5,786 patients had recovered and have been discharged from hospitals across the state, another 63 succumbed to the pandemic in the last 24 hours