Reacción a "The cruise ship affected by hantavirus has arrived in Tenerife, where it will anchor to facilitate the repatriation of the passengers and part of the crew"

The proposed protocol and the measures it outlines ensure safety for everyone. In some respects, it is overly complicated, quite possibly due to the media coverage the outbreak is receiving at local, national and international levels. A landing whilst at anchor is much more complicated for everyone involved and could be carried out safely with the ship berthed. Factors other than the protection of public health will have weighed heavily in this decision. The same applies, in my opinion, to the decision regarding strict quarantines for asymptomatic individuals in a referral hospital.

I understand these decisions—let’s call them ‘exaggerated’—given the difficulty of managing the information situation. Without being the focus of global media attention (and the pressure that such attention entails), safety could be ensured with less complexity.