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Italians invent electronic holy water dispenser to avoid swine flu

Foreign Staff
The Times
Foreign Staff
The Times

An electronic holy water dispenser has been invented in Italy to keep church tradition alive for the faithful without the fear of catching swine flu. The terracotta contraption, in the northern town of Fornaci di Briosco, dispenses an exact measure of holy water when churchgoers wave their hands close to an electronic sensor below the device.