like communities Catalonia and Extremadura have updated and activated their action protocols in possible cases. chemical delivery While authorities urged caution, nearly all analyzes found no toxic substances and women did not report being victims of any crime.
Revised protocols and guidelines recommend calling 112, reporting it, and going to a health center for toxicological analysis as soon as possible. Physicians will also consider whether it is necessary to activate the HIV post-exposure prophylaxis protocol.
Complaints have already been counted in the dozensAlmost all of the women who reported feeling punctured while partying at venues, festivals or concerts.
Catalonia adds 23 complaintsAs police sources informed Efe and Generalitat chief Pere Aragonès showed concern on Tuesday, he urged the public to “be vigilant, report and isolate those who broke out”. “It’s not a women’s problem when you go to a party, it’s pushing us all“, he stated.
The Basque Government is also working on a coordinated protocol of action with meetings attended by the Health, Safety and Justice departments after receiving a dozen complaints about the punctures investigated by Ertzaintza.
These are cases unrelated to complaints. Sexual assault and in this context, Equality, Justice and Social Policy Minister Beatriz Artolazabal called for calm and common sense and blatantly condemned what she described as “a new form of violence against women” that would not lead to violence. a “return to fear that is the real threat”.
The Extremadura Health Service (SES) has released a report on its behalf. health alert to inform health professionals and citizens on how to act before the holes considered an “emerging problem” by the regional government.
The Valencian Community also launched action plan to empower police officers National Police and The Civil Guard for the summer months to prevent sexual assaults or punctures in the most crowded and party areas, but no complaints have been filed with the National Police or Civil Guard at this time.
Armed institute sources told Efe that they had recorded six possible punctures in their area of action, four in the Balearic Islands, four in Ibiza and two in Mallorca, but only three of these resulted in complaints and none of them. a positive result. in analysis.
This is the pattern in the vast majority of reported cases, with one exception. Under 13 in Gijón, who reported a puncture at parties in the neighborhood of Montevil that affect behavior and test positive liquid ecstasy In tests at Cabueñes hospital.
Inside According to data updated by the police, Cantabria samples from a total of eleven individuals were analyzed Four complained of punctures at the Reggaeton festival in Santander, and no cases tested positive for toxic substances.
A possible puncture investigation into a woman at the Montegros Desert Festival was also opened in Aragon, and there is evidence of a single complaint with negative analysis in Castilla-la Mancha, also in Toledo.
Given the trickle of cases, Joaquim Boadas, general secretary of nightlife association Fecarsam, made a statement. called for calm and claimed “clubs are safe”
In his statements to Efe, Boadas predicted that punctures would go “down,” “as in France and the United Kingdom.”