7 Cambodians Die After Drinking Alcohol Disinfectant

7 Cambodians Die After Drinking Alcohol Disinfectant
An ambulance transports a patient who tested positive for the COVID-19 to a hospital in Phnom Penh on May 3, 2021. Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP via Getty Images
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—Seven Cambodian laborers have died after drinking alcohol they were given as a disinfectant in a quarantine and mixed it with water and soft drinks, the Health Ministry said Saturday.

The laborers had returned from Thailand and were placed in a coronavirus quarantine camp in northwestern Banteay Meanchey Province.