At least 31 people last week died from drinking poisonous methanol in the Botad district of Gujarat and another 11 died in the adjoining Ahmedabad district, according to AFP reports, leading to 2,500 arrests.
The UK’s NHS could see thousands of extra hospital admissions, deaths and cases of diseases over the next 20 years caused by increased drinking in the pandemic, according to two studies published this week.
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