TIRUPATI: Taking a cue from TikTok videos proffering cure for coronavirus, 10 persons in Chittoor district fell ill after drinking a home-made remedy. According to Byreddipalle SI Muni Swamy, two families who are neighbours in Alapalli village, were alarmed over the spread of coronavirus.
On Tuesday, the two farmers’ families led by the elders Nagaraju (70) and Laxmiamma (40) drank juice made of Ummetha puvvu seeds (Datura, a genus of nine species of poisonous Vespertine flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae, which are also known as devil’s trumpets) as a measure to prevent catching the virus.
All of them, including six-year-old boy Hemanth, fell sick. The neighbours shifted them to Byreddipalle government hospital. They were, however, discharged in the evening. Doctors asked people not to believe in such messages.
On Tuesday, the two farmers’ families led by the elders Nagaraju (70) and Laxmiamma (40) drank juice made of Ummetha puvvu seeds (Datura, a genus of nine species of poisonous Vespertine flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae, which are also known as devil’s trumpets) as a measure to prevent catching the virus.
All of them, including six-year-old boy Hemanth, fell sick. The neighbours shifted them to Byreddipalle government hospital. They were, however, discharged in the evening. Doctors asked people not to believe in such messages.
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