Overview

• Laboratorio analyses by ANLIS–Malbrán identified Klebsiella pneumoniae and Ralstonia pickettii in the implicated lot 31.202, triggering detailed genomic comparisons to link contaminants to patient infections.
• Federal authorities located the 232 previously missing ampoules from the December 2024 production batch and have seized more than 100,000 vials distributed nationwide.
• Judge Ernesto Kreplak’s court records report 87 confirmed deaths with nine additional cases under investigation, while multiple media outlets cite totals approaching 96–97 fatalities.
• Judicial measures include asset freezes and travel bans for 24 individuals under suspicion, though no arrests have been made as probes into manufacturing controls and potential diversion continue.
• Lawmakers on the Chamber of Deputies’ Health Commission have issued a 26-question information request to ANMAT and families are demanding an emergency health declaration, even as laboratory owner Ariel García Furfaro rejects contamination claims and alleges sabotage.