The Russians spoke about the impact of alcohol on the ability to get COVID-19

the Chief freelance psychiatrist of the Ministry of health Yevgeny Bryun, warned Russian citizens about the fact that alcohol consumption can affect the body’s ability to infected with a coronavirus.

According to him, alcoholic beverages are harmful to human cells, including immune. In this case the infection can easily get into the body.

however, he noted that in the context of a pandemic, alcohol can be used to disinfect hands. However, and here we must remember that it dries the skin. It cracks appear, which he called “a gateway for infection.”

Earlier, the head of the Ministry of health Michael Murashko residents urged the country not to try to treat coronavirus infection alcohol as it leads to deterioration of the situation.