Overview

• State health officials report 162 notifications tied to suspected methanol intoxication, with 14 laboratory-confirmed cases and two confirmed deaths, and 148 cases under investigation including seven suspected fatalities.
• Police operations have resulted in 41 arrests this year, large seizures of bottles and brand labels, and 11 establishment interdictions across the capital and nearby cities.
• The second confirmed fatality involves a 46-year-old man who drank vodka at a bar in São Paulo’s East Zone on September 28 and later died, with the medical report citing methanol intoxication among the possible causes.
• The Health Ministry has procured 12,000 ampoules of pharmaceutical ethanol and 2,500 units of fomepizole from a Japanese supplier, with distribution underway to several states and additional shipments expected next week.
• National monitoring lists suspected or investigated cases beyond São Paulo, including 7 in Pernambuco, 4 in Mato Grosso do Sul, 2 in Bahia, 2 in Goiás, 2 in Pará, and single cases in the Federal District, Rondônia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Espírito Santo and Piauí.