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The Government Has Nuanced that the Entry of the Spaniards of the Cruise in the Gómez Ulla Will Be "Voluntary"

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The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, said at the last hour of this Wednesday that the entry of the 14 Spaniards who travel on the cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by an outbreak of hantavirus, will be "voluntary", although hours earlier, the head of Health, Mónica García, said that all of them would be transferred to Madrid to be examined and quarantined at the Hospital Gómez Ulla, without mentioning at any time an optional admission.

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Health care ensures that care for passengers on the ship will not be provided by 'any health care provider', but by specifically trained personnel.

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The Ministry of Health, with Mónica García, wants to make it clear that the law protects the government from imposing a mandatory quarantine on the 14 Spaniards (13 passengers and a member of the crew) who travel on the ‘Hondius’ cruiser affected by an outbreak of hantavirus. In this way it went beyond what was said last Wednesday by the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, who spoke of a “voluntarian” confinement at the Gómez Ulla hospital in…

·Granada, Spain
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Complaints about the government's handling of the 'hantavirus cruise ship' crisis continue. On Wednesday, the Community of Madrid, through its Health Minister, complained that they were learning details of the operation through the press. Now, professionals at the Gómez Ulla Hospital in Madrid (where the 14 Spanish passengers from the MV Hondius will be diagnosed) have denounced the same situation. Read more

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The cruise shiper confirms that 30 passengers got off on the island of St. Helena, one of them, the deceased Dutchman. His wife, who also landed, died on arrival in South Africa. The 14 Spaniards traveling on the MV Hondius remain stable, although it is not yet known whether the confinement they will have to undergo upon arrival on the peninsula would be voluntary or mandatory.

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Experts endorse the measure if the ministry headed by Mónica García justifies the need to apply it to avoid a risk to public health

·Spain
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The military hospital, located in Carabanchel, will once again be the destination of a quarantine -predictably much longer- for the 14 Spaniards who are on the cruise with the outbreak of hantavirus Read

·Madrid, Spain
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redaccionmedica.com broke the news on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
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