Overview

• São Paulo reported 23 confirmed methanol poisonings and five deaths, with 171 total notifications, 148 still under investigation and 152 discarded after testing.
• The Ministry of Health received 2,500 doses of fomepizole and began distribution to states, starting with 288 doses for São Paulo, while hospital protocols keep pharmaceutical ethanol in use where indicated.
• São Paulo’s forensic police introduced a faster detection protocol using statistical sampling and portable analyzers that can screen sealed bottles, leading to new interdictions and a total of 15 business registrations suspended.
• Nationwide, authorities counted 229 notifications and 27 confirmed cases as of Oct. 9, concentrated in São Paulo (23), with confirmations also in Paraná (3) and Rio Grande do Sul (1).
• State updates include Ceará discarding six earlier suspects but opening two new investigations including one death, Pernambuco logging six new suspected cases within 37 notifications, and a Paraíba death testing negative for methanol as a beverage depot with reused bottles was shut.