Forty-eight people have died and five others have been totally blinded after consuming locally prepared alcoholic and herbal concoctions linked to high concentrations of methanol in Ondo State, according to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control. NAFDAC said two other affected persons suffered partial blindness. The affected communities include New Town, Odole, Okele, Orita Odigbo, Araromi-Obu and Oniparaga, with Odigbo Town and Araromi-Obu recording the highest number of cases. NAFDAC said 90 affected persons were admitted and discharged, 31 were treated as outpatients and six remained hospitalised.
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