After a 40-day voyage, and amid great international attention, the MV Hondius entered the port of Granadilla de Abona, on the Spanish island of Tenerife, at 6:00 a.m. this Sunday. On board the cruise ship were the 152 people who had endured an outbreak of the Andes variant of the hantavirus, the only known strain that can spread from human to human.
Two days before the MV Hondius arrives in Granadilla de Abona, a municipality in Tenerife, in Spain’s Canary Islands, several questions remain about how and when each passenger will be able to return home. It is clear that the 14 Spaniards will be transferred by military plane to Madrid to quarantine at the Gómez-Ulla Hospital, but it is unclear how long this quarantine will last, or what will happen if any of them refuse to self-isolate. For the other 133 passengers, of 22 different nationalities, their repatriation will depend on negotiations with their governments.
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The arrival in the Canary Islands in the coming days of the ship where a Hantavirus outbreak occurred has quickly sparked a political battle in Spain. The premier of Spain’s Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, from the Canary Coalition, sparked tension Wednesday morning during a series of interviews with various media outlets. He stated that his government has not received detailed information on how the operation will be carried out and speculated that it might be a highly contagious variant.
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“Me contradigo todo el rato, pero me hace sentir vivo” (I contradict myself all the time, but it makes me feel alive), sings 24-year-old Pedro Quevedo in El Baifo, his most anticipated album. Upon its release, it has once again topped the charts. The 10 most-streamed songs in Spain on Spotify are all his. But these are just numbers: “My goal is to see them stand the test of time.” His life is also a constant duality. He is Pedro and Quevedo. The ordinary guy who appears and disappears from his home in the Canary Islands, and the international star. The twenty-something swept up by fame, and “the boss” of his songs. The arrogant one and the humble one. The introverted one and the sweet one. The artist who looks you in the eye and answers every question without hesitation or restraint, and the one who shows up surrounded by his manager, a press officer, a videographer, a stylist, and a makeup artist.
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