Australian cricket great Shane Warne has stopped the production of gin at a distillery he co-owns to make medical-grade hand sanitiser for hospitals to combat the deadly coronavirus. The spin legend, who played 145 Tests for the Australian cricket team, responded to Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison's plea for companies to help wherever they can during the spiralling coronavirus crisis.
"This is a challenging time for Australians and we all need to do what we can to help our healthcare system combat this disease and save lives," Warne said on his Instagram page.Shane Warne is a co-founder in the company alongside two prominent surgeons with an agreement in place to supply two Western Australian hospitals with hand sanitiser at cost. The company halted gin production earlier this week and is now pumping out 70-percent alcohol hand sanitiser indefinitely.Australia has so far seen more than 750 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, with seven deaths from the disease.
