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The Basque Government has activated the Advisory Council on Emerging Infectious Diseases to follow the immediate alert for hantvirus

The body chaired by the Deputy Minister of Health, Gontzal Tamayo, has given its first explanations after analysing the situation of the MV Hondius and has wanted to send a message of reassurance, praising the very low risk in the Basque Country, while Osakidetza has operational and prepared the Isolation and Treatment Unit of the Donostia University Hospital\u00.

The Department of Health of the Basque Government has activated the Advisory Council on Emerging Infectious Diseases of the Basque Country to monitor the hantvirus alert detected on board the MV Hondius to the Canary Islands and to anticipate any health impact.

The body is headed by Gontzal Tamayo, a specialist in public health, microbiology, infectious diseases, epidemiology and hospital care, and is responsible for analysing available information and providing technical advice to the Department of Health in the face of new health threats.

The Group has already held an initial review meeting and has issued a preliminary technical opinion on the basis of available official information.

The report concludes that, in the current situation, the risk to the Basque Country is very low, since no cases or contacts have been detected, and that no person residing in the community is among the passengers identified so far.

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