After confirmed a hantavirus outbreak at its facilitiesthe MV Hondius cruise ship, which departed from the city of Ushuaia, Argentina, will be hosted by Spain, at the request of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Spain has also accepted a formal request from the Netherlands Executive to host the doctor of the MV Hondius cruise ship, who is in serious condition and will be transferred to the Canary Islands on a hospital plane today.
The Spanish Government will announce the details of the protocol as soon as they are defined by the WHO and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and will inform “specifically about its implementation,” according to Health.
The MV Hondius vessel is located in Cape Verde, where he ended up after detecting an outbreak of hantavirus infection.
The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) conducts a thorough examination of the ship to determine which people must be urgently evacuated in Cape Verde, while the rest will continue heading to the Canary Islands, where they hope to arrive within three or four days.
According to Health, the Canarian port to which will arrive has not yet been defined.
Once there, crew and passengers will be examined, cared for and transferred to their respective countries.
The process will be articulated through a common case and contact management protocol developed by the WHO and the ECDC, and It will have all the necessary security guarantees, Health explained in a statement.
Both medical care and transfers will be carried out in special spaces and transports enabled ad hoc for this situation, avoiding all contact with the population. local and ensuring at all times the safety of health personnel.
The World Health Organization explained that Cape Verde cannot carry out this operation and that the Canary Islands are the closest place with the necessary capabilities.
According to Health, Spain has an obligation moral and legal to help these people, among whom are several Spanish citizens.