JEDDAH, 10 June — Two more people died on Saturday, taking the death toll from the contaminated cologne consumption in Makkah to 11, Okaz reported yesterday. At least 22 others are receiving treatment in several hospitals in the city.
Laboratory tests on blood samples from the dead indicate that their deaths were caused by methanol. Dr. Ahmad Ilyas, director of the laboratory, said he informed the hospitals in Makkah to administer ethanol to counteract the methanol poison.
Meanwhile, three people died and nine others became seriously ill in Jizan after consuming cologne.
