Sri Lankan health minister who took ‘magic potion’ tests positive for Covid-19

Sri Lanka’s health minister, who publicly endorsed sorcery and magic potions to stop surging coronavirus infections in the island, has tested positive for the disease and will self-isolate, officials said Saturday.Pavithra Wanniarachchi had publicly consumed and endorsed a magic potion, later revealed to contain honey and nutmeg, manufactured by a sorcerer who claimed it worked as a lifelong inoculation against the virus.She also poured a pot of “blessed” water into a river in November after a…

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