Italian Health Ministry has debunked alcohol as a method to ‘boost the immune system’.
“Alcohol consumption does not protect against COVID-19 and does not prevent one getting infected with the new coronavirus,” they said in a statement. “On the contrary, the risk of infection is greater because alcohol weakens the immune system and therefore reduces the body’s ability to cope with infectious diseases,” they said.
The ministry joined the encrypted messaging platform Telegram on March 31 and has since gained over half a million subscribers, where they have been providing updates as well as publishing the latest debunks to myths trending within the country. The Italian Health Ministry is among a host of other ministries who has joined Telegram since the pandemic began.
Until 29.04.2020, the total number of assessed cases in Italy is 203.591.
Source: Euronews.com
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