The Civil Guard deployed a device this Friday at the Lanzarote airport after receiving information that a passenger who had tested positive for Covid-19 was flying to the island. According to sources consulted by La Voz, the man is a resident of the island but had traveled to the Peninsula to attend his mother's funeral in Ciudad Real.
It was while he was on the Peninsula that he was tested for coronavirus - for having been in contact with a possible source of contagion - and the results were positive, but health sources say that he was unaware of it when he boarded the plane. For its part, the Civil Guard has indicated that he would have been told that he should remain in confinement and that he violated this measure by taking the plane without waiting for the test result, so they have opened proceedings against him.
In addition to the Civil Guard, personnel from the Canary Islands Health Service, the Security and Emergency Consortium and the Red Cross have also come to the airport, both to isolate the affected person and his companions and to inform the rest of the passengers. In total, about 140 people were flying on this plane from Madrid.
According to reports from the management of Lanzarote Health Services, all passengers must now quarantine, without leaving their homes for 14 days. In addition, PCR tests are scheduled to be carried out within seven days, which is the time it could take for the disease to develop in the event of any contagion.
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