In the Portuguese state, an alleged massive poisoning registered on Tuesday, February 4, at the José de la Cruz Paredes Lice, in the municipality of San Rafael de Onoto, is investigated.
The authorities reported that this time 35 students and two representatives with fainting, respiratory distress and irritation in eyes and nose were affected.
All were transferred for due attention to the Integral Diagnostic Center (CDI) Eduarda Yustiz and, subsequently, to the Blanca Agua Hospital, where the majority, “98% are already returning to their homes without any affectation,” he reported Luis Medina, Secretary of Citizen Security in the region.
He indicated that officials of the Corps of Scientific, Criminal and Criminal Investigations (CICPC) and the other security agencies carried out a sweep and gathered evidence to determine what caused the decomposition of students and representatives.
“Students and blood samples were taken to be sent to the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), where a team of toxicologists will assess whether or not there was any type of poisoning,” he said through a video Extended to the Canal of the Ministry of Citizen Security of Portuguese in Telegram.
In the company of the mayor of San Rafael de Onoto, Yasmina Harris, Medina said that all security forces are committed to the situation and will be “blunt” before any fact that comes to appear in the educational institutions of Portuguese.
This is the second irregular case that occurs so far this year in Portuguese high schools, the educational community is affected with symptoms similar to those associated with inhalation or contact with an unknown chemical. The first was in January at Liceo 27 June, in Turén.
