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Deaths spur Czech liquor ban
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September 16, 2012, Sunday
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THE Czech Republic indefinitely banned all sales of liquor with more than 20 percent alcohol on Friday after 19 people died from drinking bootleg vodka and rum containing poisonous methanol.
Authorities have tried for a week to find the source of the central European country's worst outbreak of alcohol-related deaths in decades. The Health Ministry had already banned the sale of spirits by street vendors and market stalls on Wednesday to combat the outbreak after the first deaths happened last weekend in the Moravian-Silesian region, 350 kilometers east of Prague.
Health Minister Leos Heger said the ban had been widened to include bars, restaurants, shops and supermarkets after evidence showed some of the tainted alcohol was bought there.
The ban applies to all brands of spirits - imports as well as domestic labels that dominate the market - leaving many of the cocktail bars that usually would have been bustling at the start of the weekend with fewer customers.
Authorities have tried for a week to find the source of the central European country's worst outbreak of alcohol-related deaths in decades. The Health Ministry had already banned the sale of spirits by street vendors and market stalls on Wednesday to combat the outbreak after the first deaths happened last weekend in the Moravian-Silesian region, 350 kilometers east of Prague.
Health Minister Leos Heger said the ban had been widened to include bars, restaurants, shops and supermarkets after evidence showed some of the tainted alcohol was bought there.
The ban applies to all brands of spirits - imports as well as domestic labels that dominate the market - leaving many of the cocktail bars that usually would have been bustling at the start of the weekend with fewer customers.
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