Marcos López Hoyos
Scientific Director of the Valdecilla Health Research Institute (IDIVAL), Head of the Immunology Department, and Professor of Immunology at the University of Cantabria-Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital
It is the right and logical decision. The transmission of the hantavirus—from rodents and through close contact and respiratory transmission between humans—can be effectively controlled whilst everyone is confined to the ship and given our country’s technical capabilities, unlike in Cape Verde. The ship’s passengers and crew have every right to be treated and monitored appropriately. There is no specific treatment or vaccine for this virus; instead, epidemiological control measures must be applied to passengers, for which we are fully prepared.