Early last year, a purported specialist in Islamic medicine from Iran urged Iranians to drink camel urine, claiming it could cure several ailments including the coronavirus. The person’s action was recorded in a video uploaded to Instagram, which has since gone viral. Also read: Indonesia is uncomfortable with China’s lunge in the South China Sea “Drinking camel urine can cure lung disease, asthma and the coronavirus, said the person, identified as Mehdi Sabili, in a video shared on his Instagram page.