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The manchego with Covid-19 who flew from Madrid to the Canary Islands and has quarantined the plane

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When Alberto, a manchego resident in Lanzarote for many, many years, got on the plane to the Peninsula, it had not occurred to him, even remotely, that his trip would change several lives. And not in a good way.

Because he was going back to his town, Manzanares, a town in Ciudad Real that does not reach 20,000 inhabitants, to be able to accompany his mother in her last moments. The coronavirus crisis has been primed with the elderly and the outlook in Castilla-La Mancha is bleak, especially with those who suffered from previous pathologies.

But, after a difficult illness, a terminal cancer with a tragic outcomeAfter due grief and the immense pain of losing a mother, Alberto, 53, together with his sister and other family members, gave him the last goodbye and decided to return to his home: Lanzarote.

Without waiting, of course, for the results of the SARS-CoV2 tests.

With test but no symptoms

The, without symptoms, had not been in contact with his mother, who died testing positive on covid-19. But yes with other relatives who had been related to the deceased during the cremation and burial. All were population to watch. And so, they were tested for PCR.

Alberto, in principle, should be in quarantine, according to the protocols of action after having lived closely a contagion. But after testing, He decided to return to his Canary Islands by plane without knowing the results.

In Manzanares, everyone knows the case, but they don’t know who Alberto is or why he acted like this. At the end, in mid-flight and after knowing his positive, This manchego warned the crew and they sent him to the end of the aircraft, to try to reduce the contagion.

Outcome: the entire passage -135 people- in quarantine. 13 of them had already been subjected to isolation as soon as they landed: the travelers who occupied the two previous rows to his, those closest to him and to another passenger with whom he had been talking for about fifteen minutes at the airport.

In principle, the protocol stipulates that all of them serve 14 days of quarantine, while new tests are carried out. In addition, they will undergo PCR tests within 7 days before removing the quarantine isolate.

Isolation to the passage at the airport

As reported by a spokeswoman for the Canary Islands Government Health Department, the prevention protocol was activated in mid-flight, after the Castilla-La Mancha Department of Public Health reported that they had just received the positive of the analysis of a person who was going to Lanzarote.

At the airport, a large sanitary device was set up to isolate that person and their closest companions. The rest of the passengers were tested at the César Manrique airport in Lanzarote.

The Cabildo de Lanzarote offered the rest of the plane ticket the option of staying in an aparthotel in conditions of voluntary isolation, in case they prefer to be away from their families for a while. Thirty-five travelers have accepted the offer, A spokesperson for the Canary Islands Ministry of Health has specified to Efe.

The Government of the Canary Islands is going to demand an investigation into the behavior of this passenger, which will force a 14-day quarantine not only for him, but also to the travelers who occupied the adjacent seatsBecause flights from the Peninsula to the islands are still limited to assessed causes and require the signing of a responsible declaration on the health situation of the interested party.

Symptoms among travelers

Canary Islands Government spokesman Julio Pérez explained this Friday that a second passenger on the Madrid-Lanzarote flight had already been hospitalized when presenting symptoms compatible with coronavirus.

“He has been referred to the hospital for having manifested symptoms”Pérez said in a video statement sent to the media. The other 14 passengers will have to remain in isolation in their homes.

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