According to foreign media reports, the WHO Regional Office for Europe recently posted on the website that drinking alcohol will increase health risks and warns people to reduce drinking during the new coronary pneumonia epidemic. The organization also dismissed rumors that drinking high levels of alcohol can kill the new coronavirus, and recommended that governments around the world restrict people from drinking alcohol during the outbreak.
According to reports, later on the 14th local time, the WHO Regional Office for Europe pointed out: “Alcohol can damage the body ’s immune system and increase health risks.” Drinking alcohol is associated with some infectious and non-infectious diseases that can make people more susceptible to new coronavirus.
According to the news published on the website, when the new coronary pneumonia epidemic spreads and the blockade measures are implemented in many countries, drinking alcohol may aggravate health problems and risky behaviors, and may also lead to mental health Problems and violence.
WHO also refuted the “dangerous myth” that drinking high alcohol can kill the new crown virus. The WHO stated that drinking alcohol may pose a health risk. People who drink high levels of alcohol, especially if the wine is also mixed with methanol, may cause serious health consequences and even death. “Therefore, people should try to reduce alcohol consumption at all times, especially during the spread of the new coronavirus.”
American media said that despite this, Americans are still hoarding alcohol Products. According to data from a well-known research institution Nielsen, as of the week of March 28, alcohol sales in alcohol and grocery stores in the United States increased by 22% over the same period of the previous year.
(Original title Drinking high alcohol can resist New Coronavirus? WHO: Not only can it also be dangerous)