During the morning of this Monday, May 11, the Ministry of Health of Spaindepartment in charge of the proposal and execution of health policy, announced that the hantavirus quarantine will be counted starting last Wednesday, May 6 and will extend 42 daysthat is, until the next Wednesday June 17th.
“The first week is going to be more strict and will serve to obtain the result of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and they will not be able to receive visitors,” said the Secretary of Health, Javier Padillawith the support of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
“We have the will that the quarantine is not experienced as an instrument aimed at weaken their spirits or trust,” added Padilla, who stated that health organizations will reevaluate the hantavirus situation, especially by tracking contacts and suspects related to the virus. MV cruise Hondius.
Given this situation, the Spanish secretary explained that the main objective of the 42-day quarantine is to “guarantee that it is carried out in a manner solvent and reliableIn this sense, the situation will be analyzed “day after day, without closing any door, but neither taking it for granted. flexibilities to comply with the quarantine in the home”.
Hantavirus and coronavirus
For the moment, the fourteen spanish who are in quarantine have reported that “they are fine”. However, now the Ministry of Health is focused on knowing the results of the PCR test, a laboratory technique developed to amplify specific fragments and detect genetic material of virus or bacteria.
Despite this, Secretary Javier Padilla confirmed that the hantavirus is not like the covid-19 in terms of contagiontransmission or risk of pandemic and that, although both can cause symptoms severe respiratory diseases, are fundamentally different diseases. Therefore, the quarantine in Spain is a prevention measure.
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“We are going to be prudent in that regard. The situation of the fourteen Spaniards, at this moment, is normal and everything goes reasonably well. They told us that they were fine. If any modification is considered necessary, this will be subject to periodic evaluations,” Padilla stressed during an interview with RTVE.
Faced with this scenario, unlike covid, which spreads easily From person to person through the air, hantavirus is primarily transmitted to humans by inhalation of urine, saliva, or feces particles. rodents wild. Therefore, isolation is a prevention measure, given that transmission between people is rare.
Uneven quarantine protocols
In accordance with what is stated by the Spanish Radio and Television Corporation (RTVE), although the World Health Organization (WHO) coordinated the follow-up international hantavirus, each country applies protocols of quarantine autonomously, so isolation varies according to the health authorities of each nation.
In it United Kingdom They have allowed voluntary self-isolation in their homes to some citizens who do not present symptoms; in France close follow-up is given to those who had contact with the deceased, and in the territory of the United States they have classified the emergency as level 3 and monitor citizens in five states.