Overview

• Health Ministry data show 17 confirmed intoxications and about 200 cases under investigation nationwide, with two deaths counted federally as a third death in São Bernardo do Campo was confirmed locally after the latest tally.
• New alerts surfaced beyond the São Paulo epicenter, including a patient in Goiás under brain‑death protocol, Alagoas’ first suspected case, two suspects under review in Ceará after earlier discards, and a Minas Gerais suspicion later ruled out by lab testing.
• Police intensified crackdowns on illicit supply, seizing 3,050 adulterated bottles and 316,000 falsified labels in operations tied to a distribution network, collecting more than 7,000 suspect bottles in the past week, and shutting a clandestine plant in Pernambuco with tanks, vasilhames and galões.
• São Paulo officials flagged diversion of used bottles from recycling as a key enabler for counterfeiters and moved to seek court approval to destroy seized garrafas, rótulos, tampas, lacres and selos while opening a channel for businesses to report purchases without provenance.
• Authorities broadened clinical capacity by mapping 604 pharmacies able to produce pharmaceutical ethanol, securing 4,300 ampoules for treatment, boosting CIATox testing to about 190 exams per day with Fiocruz support, and preparing to import 2,600 vials of fomepizol.