Saturday, 22 September 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Alcohol poisoning - Malaysia: methanol

Poisoning -- Malaysia
Police in Malaysia are investigating a case of alcohol poisoning that killed at least 21 people, with dozens more hospitalized, most of them citizens of Asian nations, officials said on Wednesday [19 Sep 2018].
Cheap, homemade liquor is popular among poor, migrant workers in Muslim-majority Malaysia, which has high taxes on alcohol.
A total of 57 cases of methanol poisoning had been reported in Kuala Lumpur, the capital, and its surrounding state of Selangor, Health Minister Dzulkefly

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6045822&promed&0

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