Sri Lanka shaman dies of COVID after touting ‘blessed’ water cure
Al Jazeera
Eliyantha White treated sports stars and top politicians, including country’s PM, and claimed he could end the pandemic.
A high-profile shaman who tried to end Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 outbreak with “blessed” water has died of the virus, according to his family.
Eliyantha White, 48, who treated sports stars and top politicians, including the country’s prime minister, claimed in November he could end the pandemic in Sri Lanka and neighbouring India by pouring pots of his “blessed” water into rivers.
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