The twelve people isolated as contacts of hantavirus cases from the MV Hondius cruise ship have left Madrid's Gómez Ulla Hospital on Sunday to complete quarantine at home.
According to the Ministry of Health, these people tested negative in the PCR carried out on Saturday and were asymptomatic. They have returned to their homes or will do so throughout the day, where they will remain isolated for fourteen more days to complete the forty-two-day protocol. The confirmed hantavirus case remains admitted to the High Level Isolation Unit at the same hospital. The patient has a low-grade fever and their clinical situation has not worsened, according to health authorities. The five Catalan residents who were on the cruise ship have already returned to their homes, the Catalan Health Department reported. The first passenger diagnosed on May 11 was discharged last Thursday after three asymptomatic days and two negative PCR tests.
