Bolivians try chlorine 二酸化物 for COVID-19, にもかかわらず health 省 警告s

LA PAZ, July 21 (Reuters) - Bolivians desperate to 避ける or cure COVID-19 are ingesting chlorine 二酸化物, which the 上院 has 認可するd as a 治療 even as the country's health 省 says people should stay away from it.

Chlorine 二酸化物 is a bleach-like 実体 that the U.S. Food and 麻薬 行政 has 警告するd 消費者s can 危険にさらす health and should not be 購入(する)d or drunk as a 医療の 治療.

But in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba - where the 地方の 政府 has 認可するd its use - some shoppers said they believed the 実体 could help.

"I heard on the news that they were selling chlorine 二酸化物 at the pharmacy. 知識s of 地雷 took it, one for 予防 and one for 傷をいやす/和解させるing. It is doing them good," said Eric Ocanha, outside of a pharmacy.

Others said they were 混乱させるd about the advice they had been given.

"As always, the 当局 say: '協議する your doctor.' Which doctor? The poor do not have a doctor," said Dionisio Flores.

Bolivia has 確認するd 60,991 事例/患者s of the coronavirus 全国的な, 2,218 of which have been 致命的な.

Dr. Rene Sahonero, an 助言者 to the health 省, said the 省 堅固に 警告するd against the use of chlorine 二酸化物 for COVID-19.

"We have already drawn up a 決意/決議 that says this 実体 is not 認可するd, that it is not suitable for human 消費 and that it can have serious consequences," Sahonero said, 追加するing that 事例/患者s of chlorine 二酸化物 毒(薬)ing had been 報告(する)/憶測d.

にもかかわらず the 省 警告, the country's 上院 passed a 法案 last week 認可するing the use of chlorine 二酸化物 to 妨げる and 扱う/治療する the coronavirus. That must pass the lower 議会 and 生き残る a 拒否権 challenge before it becomes 法律. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Monica Machicao, 令状ing by Hugh Bronstein, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)

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