Sri Lanka minister drinks holy man’s ’miracle’ Covid potion, lands in hospital

Sri Lanka’s Women and Child Development Minister Piyal Nishantha de Silva contracted Covid-19 after he publicly took a syrup that a self-styled holy man named Dhammika Bandara claimed would prevent the virus. Already, thousands of people broke Covid curbs and flocked to Bandara’s village to get the potion. Some family members of another politician were also infected despite taking the potion.