Hantavirus

Podemos demands a danger bonus for the Gómez Ulla staff for their exposure to risks such as hantavirus

Podemos has registered an initiative in Congress for the approval of a risk supplement for workers at the Central Defense Hospital Gómez Ulla and other employees of the Defense Health Network, considering that they are "permanently" exposed to "biological, chemical, physical, and psychosocial risks," as evidenced by the recent hantavirus...

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The WHO declares the hantavirus outbreak concluded globally

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced this Thursday the official closure of the hantavirus outbreak, once the last person at risk has completed their quarantine and no new infections have been detected since May 25, according to its Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. "Today, the last contact of a person exposed...

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Experts demand more personnel in epidemiological surveillance after hantavirus alert

The deputy director general of the Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies of the Ministry of Health, María José Sierra, and the head of the Communicable Disease Surveillance System of the Region of Murcia, Alonso Sánchez-Migallón, have insisted on the need to reinforce the human resources of the epidemiological...

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The WHO expects to declare the hantavirus outbreak concluded on July 2 if no more cases appear

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, indicated this Wednesday that the organization is considering declaring the end of the hantavirus outbreak on July 2, provided that no new infections are registered before that date.As detailed, the WHO's balance indicates that the number of people affected...

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Robles praises the mission accomplished by Gómez Ulla against hantavirus and underlines the key role of military healthcare

The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, has highlighted this Tuesday the work carried out by the Central Defense Hospital Gómez Ulla in managing the hantavirus outbreak, emphasizing that the military health system was the best prepared structure to face the situation. "Mission accomplished," she stated.The Gómez Ulla received 14 Spaniards...

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Torres defends the handling of the Hondius case after the quarantine ends with no hantavirus cases in the Canary Islands

The Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, has defended the actions of the Government of Spain in the episode of the cruise ship 'Hondius', once the quarantine period for passengers was completed without any hantavirus infections being registered in the Canary Islands.The ministerial official spoke this...

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Health concludes management of hantavirus outbreak after finishing follow-ups with negative results

The Ministry of Health has "closed" the management of the hantavirus outbreak after verifying that all individuals who remained under observation have completed the established quarantine period and have obtained negative results in PCR tests, allowing them to return to their routines normally.The two individuals who tested positive during the...

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The 5 Catalans from the Hondius receive definitive discharge from hantavirus and resume their normal lives

The 5 Catalans who were traveling on the MV Hondius cruise ship, the scene of the start of a hantavirus outbreak, have been definitively discharged and can leave their homes again and resume their usual routine: the 5 people are "in good health and asymptomatic".As communicated this Saturday afternoon by...

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The last patient admitted for hantavirus is discharged from Gómez Ulla Hospital

The last patient who remained hospitalized at the Central Defense Hospital Gómez Ulla due to a hantavirus infection was discharged this Tuesday.As communicated by the Ministry of Health, the affected person is now at home, so there are no patients admitted after the crisis triggered by this virus on the...

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Gómez Ulla abandons all isolated for hantavirus except the confirmed case

All the people who were in quarantine as contacts at the Gómez Ulla Central Defense Hospital in Madrid have already left the health center and are at their homes or will arrive throughout this Sunday, where they will continue the isolation period set by public health authorities.This was communicated by...

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The contacts of the hantavirus outbreak from MV Hondius leave Gómez Ulla after testing negative

The twelve people who remained under surveillance as contacts of hantavirus cases linked to the ship MV Hondius have already left the Central Defense Hospital Gómez Ulla, in Madrid, after testing negative in the last PCR performed this Saturday. According to the Ministry of Health, all of them were asymptomatic and in good general condition. After being discharged, they have already...

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The five Catalans on the Hondius test negative for hantavirus and will continue to be isolated in their homes

The five residents of Catalonia who were traveling on the cruise ship MV Hondius, where a hantavirus outbreak was declared, and who were isolated and under observation at the Gómez Ulla Hospital in Madrid after being classified as contacts of hantavirus cases, have obtained a negative result in the latest...

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The first Spanish patient with hantavirus is discharged after several negative PCRs

The first Spanish citizen diagnosed with hantavirus after the outbreak detected on the cruise ship MV Hondius has been discharged from hospital this Thursday after several negative PCR tests and several days without symptoms. The patient, who tested positive on the same day of his evacuation from the ship at...

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First Spanish case positive for hantavirus is discharged

The Ministry of Health has reported that the first Spanish patient who tested positive for hantavirus has been discharged and is now at home, after being hospitalized at the Central Defense Hospital Gómez Ulla since May 10th.According to Health, the 70-year-old affected individual has been able to return to his...

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Health will discharge for hantavirus after three days without symptoms and two negative PCRs in urine and exudate

The Ministry of Health has established that patients in Spain with a positive hantavirus diagnosis may leave the hospital once their clinical recovery has been confirmed. To do so, they must accumulate at least three days without signs compatible with the infection and have two negative results, or cycle thresholds...

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The WHO keeps the hantavirus outbreak stable and confirms a low risk for the world population

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, reported this Tuesday that the hantavirus outbreak situation remains "stable", after having claimed the lives of three people, and insisted that the risk to the world population continues to be "low"."The number of cases reported to the WHO remains...

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Healthcare rises to fourth place among Spaniards' concerns amid the hantavirus crisis

Housing continues to be consolidated as the main problem in Spain and once again marks a historic high in the Barometer of the Sociological Research Center (CIS) of May, reaching almost 50% of mentions in the questionnaires. At the same time, healthcare increases its weight in the responses, up to...

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Spain, France and the Netherlands will receive an experimental Japanese antiviral against hantavirus

Spain, France and the Netherlands will begin to receive in the coming days the first shipments of an experimental antiviral against hantavirus, developed and donated by the Japanese laboratory Fujifilm Pharmaceuticals. This was communicated this Thursday by the European Commission, which has led and coordinated this joint action with the...

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Australia extends until the end of June the quarantine of repatriates from the cruise ship with hantavirus

Australian health authorities announced this Thursday that they have decided to extend until the end of June the quarantine period imposed on the six passengers of the cruise ship affected by hantavirus who were repatriated to the country after the ship, the 'MV Hondius', disembarked on the Canary Island of...

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Torres foresees a mixed commission before the end of summer to negotiate the airport transfer to the Canary Islands

The Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, has announced this Thursday that "before the end of the summer" a mixed commission will be established to deal with the transfer of airport powers to the Canary Islands, within the framework of the ongoing talks between the central...

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Expansion | Mónica García claims that the response to hantavirus was guided by science, humanity, and solvency

The Minister of Health, Mónica García, defended this Wednesday in the Congress of Deputies the action taken against the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship 'MV Hondius', emphasizing that the decision to allow its docking in the Canary Islands was guided "by science, humanity, and Spain's solvency.""Spain acted because it...

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Mónica García claims that the response to hantavirus was based "on science, humanity, and solvency"

The Minister of Health, Mónica García, defended this Wednesday in the Congress of Deputies the Government's action in the face of the hantavirus outbreak detected on the cruise ship 'MV Hondius'. She stressed that the decision to allow the ship to arrive in the Canary Islands was guided "by science,...

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CSIF files a complaint for lack of information from Gómez Ulla after a second case of hantavirus is detected

The Independent Trade Union and Civil Servants (CSIF) has filed a formal complaint with the Safety and Health Committee of the Gómez Ulla Central Defense Hospital for "lack of communication and information" after a second positive case of hantavirus was confirmed.After the new infection was reported this Monday, the union...

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The two admitted for hantavirus at Gómez Ulla remain without symptoms

The Ministry of Health has reported that the two patients who tested positive for hantavirus, and who remain isolated at the Gómez Ulla Central Defense Hospital in Madrid, continue to show no symptoms.This Monday, a new infection was reported following the last PCR test performed on the 13 Spaniards who...

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Clavijo reaffirms his stance on the 'Mv Hondius' and prioritizes Canarians over Pedro Sánchez

The president of the Government of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, reiterated this Monday his rejection of the way in which the Government of Spain managed the health crisis of the 'Mv Hondius', a ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak whose passengers were evacuated from Tenerife. He regretted that the...

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Podemos demands a danger bonus for the Gómez Ulla staff for their exposure to risks such as hantavirus

The WHO declares the hantavirus outbreak concluded globally

Experts demand more personnel in epidemiological surveillance after hantavirus alert

The WHO expects to declare the hantavirus outbreak concluded on July 2 if no more cases appear

Robles praises the mission accomplished by Gómez Ulla against hantavirus and underlines the key role of military healthcare

Torres defends the handling of the Hondius case after the quarantine ends with no hantavirus cases in the Canary Islands

Health concludes management of hantavirus outbreak after finishing follow-ups with negative results

The 5 Catalans from the Hondius receive definitive discharge from hantavirus and resume their normal lives

The last patient admitted for hantavirus is discharged from Gómez Ulla Hospital

Gómez Ulla abandons all isolated for hantavirus except the confirmed case

The contacts of the hantavirus outbreak from MV Hondius leave Gómez Ulla after testing negative

The five Catalans on the Hondius test negative for hantavirus and will continue to be isolated in their homes

The first Spanish patient with hantavirus is discharged after several negative PCRs

First Spanish case positive for hantavirus is discharged

Health will discharge for hantavirus after three days without symptoms and two negative PCRs in urine and exudate

The WHO keeps the hantavirus outbreak stable and confirms a low risk for the world population

Healthcare rises to fourth place among Spaniards' concerns amid the hantavirus crisis

Spain, France and the Netherlands will receive an experimental Japanese antiviral against hantavirus

Australia extends until the end of June the quarantine of repatriates from the cruise ship with hantavirus

Torres foresees a mixed commission before the end of summer to negotiate the airport transfer to the Canary Islands

Expansion | Mónica García claims that the response to hantavirus was guided by science, humanity, and solvency

Mónica García claims that the response to hantavirus was based "on science, humanity, and solvency"

CSIF files a complaint for lack of information from Gómez Ulla after a second case of hantavirus is detected

The two admitted for hantavirus at Gómez Ulla remain without symptoms

Clavijo reaffirms his stance on the 'Mv Hondius' and prioritizes Canarians over Pedro Sánchez

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