Pharmacist Dies After Drinking Self-Made COVID-19 Cure

An Indian pharmacist died and his boss was left hospitalized after the pair drank a self-made COVID-19 chemical concoction in an effort to treat coronavirus, police said Saturday.

The men worked for a herbal medicine company and were testing their treatment, a mix of nitric oxide and sodium nitrate, at a home in southern Chennai city.

K Sivanesan, 47, died on the spot, said local police Chief Ashok Kumar, while his colleague Rajkumar was recovering from the poisoning.

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Kumar said Sivanesan bought the chemicals from a local market and developed the formula after conducting research on the internet.

There are no approved medicines or vaccines for treating COVID-19, triggering a global race for a new drug for the disease that has killed nearly 300,000 people.

Nearly 60,000 cases have been detected in India, which has imposed a drastic nationwide lockdown in an effort to halt the spread of the disease.

Credit: AFP

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