{"id":7708,"date":"2021-01-13T20:29:35","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T20:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=149772"},"modified":"2021-01-13T20:29:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T20:29:35","slug":"licorice-root-as-potion-to-tackle-lung-disease-in-coronavirus-free-turkmenistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/13\/licorice-root-as-potion-to-tackle-lung-disease-in-coronavirus-free-turkmenistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Licorice Root As Potion To Tackle ‘Lung Disease’ In ‘Coronavirus-Free’ Turkmenistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
TURKMENABAT, Turkmenistan — Authorities in Turkmenistan’s eastern region of Lebap have instructed employees of state organizations, schools, medical institutions, and schoolchildren to carry personal medicine boxes with them containing, among other items, bottles of licorice-root syrup to tackle possible “lung disease.”<\/p>\n
The instruction is obligatory and noncompliance will be punished by hefty fines as the authorities continue to deny the presence of coronavirus within the Central Asian state’s borders.<\/p>\n
The personal medicine boxes must also contain five medical masks, a pair of rubber gloves, sanitizer, and oxalinic ointment, RFE\/RL correspondents report from the region.<\/p>\n