Overview

• The latest federal tally lists 32 confirmed cases nationwide linked to tainted alcoholic beverages, with 28 in São Paulo, three in Paraná and one in Rio Grande do Sul, and five deaths confirmed in São Paulo; 181 suspected cases remain under investigation.
• The government received 2,500 doses of fomepizole for the public health system and activated a national lab network that includes CIATox/Unicamp, which can process up to 190 analyses per day, with Fiocruz also supporting testing.
• São Paulo authorities reported intensified enforcement, including the discovery of a clandestine bottling site in São Bernardo do Campo, seizure of 121,000 empty bottles, more than 480,000 seals and over 21,400 suspect bottles, 15 establishments interdicted and 30 arrests; investigators are examining whether methanol from fuel may have entered the supply chain.
• Pernambuco confirmed three cases after forensic testing detected methanol in blood and beverages and announced an arrest, while a new state bulletin added 10 fresh suspects, including three deaths, bringing 58 total suspected notifications since late September and 32 currently under investigation.
• Paraná reported a 41-year-old woman in serious but stable condition who received fomepizole, and clinicians in São Paulo documented an emergency use of hospital-administered vodka as ethanol therapy in one case that ended in discharge with severe visual sequelae.