DEC. 26 2020 (The Bulletin) — Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said that chewing liquorice is a cure for Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Mr Berdymukhamedov made the statement in televised remarks to his ministers. Turkmenistan is one of the only countries in the world to still deny that it has had any cases of the coronavirus.
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— This story was first published in issue 467 of the Central Asia & South Caucasus Bulletin
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