Overview

• São Paulo reports 23 laboratory‑confirmed intoxications and five deaths, with 148 suspected cases under review after 152 were discarded, and launches an SP156 channel for public reports.
• The state’s forensic police introduce a rapid testing protocol with portable screening of sealed bottles, enabling same‑day triage and driving the interdiction of about 600 volumes in the ABC region.
• The Health Ministry’s 2,500‑dose shipment of fomepizol reaches its distribution hub, with 288 doses sent to hospitals in São Paulo and allocations planned for all other states beginning Friday.
• Ceará registers two new suspected cases in Fortaleza and Juazeiro do Norte, including one death under investigation, after discarding six earlier suspects based on forensic results.
• Pernambuco reports six new suspected cases with one recent death among those identified, while Paraíba rules out methanol in a man’s death and authorities seize reused bottles at a beverage depot.