Despite the negative result, the patient remains admitted to the isolation unit of the hospital in the Catalan capital as a precautionary measure. This case was being monitored after a Dutch citizen, with whom she had shared a flight, died from the virus.
Another case being followed was that of a woman admitted to a hospital in Alicante, who also tested negative for hantavirus in her second PCR test. The Spanish government's Minister of Health, Mónica García, explained that the two cases present significant differences, as the Alicante patient did show symptoms, while the Barcelona patient did not.
This distinction means that the woman from Alicante will follow different protocols, while the woman from Barcelona will have to maintain a quarantine according to the protocol established by the Ministry of Health.
“"The global organization's recommendation is that all individuals evacuated from the cruise follow 42 days of quarantine and 'active monitoring,' a quarantine that can be completed at home or in hospital centers."
Given the disembarkation of individuals who traveled on the cruise where a hantavirus outbreak was detected, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued recommendations. Its Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, indicated that the WHO suggests a 42-day quarantine with active monitoring for all cruise evacuees. However, he clarified that this measure is not an imposition and that each country is free to apply its own protocols.
