This rules out the transmission of the virus during flights from South America. The three individuals, two residing in Barcelona and one in Badalona (Barcelonès), are asymptomatic and in good general condition. Despite negative blood and urine test results, they will remain in preventive home isolation under daily monitoring by health teams to complete the incubation period.
Esteve Fernández explained that it is the Andes variety of the virus, a strain that, unlike others, can be transmitted from person to person. This disease, with its reservoir in rodents from the South American Cone, can cause severe pulmonary hemorrhages if not treated in specialized units.
Regarding the initial case, a young Franco-Argentinian tourist who developed symptoms in France, the Department of Health has reported that he is now "fully recovered". The patient, currently in Galicia, tested negative in his last PCR on August 7th and is no longer capable of transmitting the virus.
