Barça claim La Liga title with Clásico win over Real Madrid, two suspected Hantavirus cases in Barcelona and Alicante test negative and more news on Monday, May 11th.
Two suspected Hantavirus cases in Barcelona and Alicante test negative
The two women admitted for possible hantavirus infection in Barcelona and Alicante have tested negative in the PCR tests that have been carried out on them.
Health Minister Mónica García reported this past Sunday that PCR tests performed on two women in Spain who had been in contact with one of the women who died from hantavirus have come back negative.
This involves a person with symptoms in Alicante, who has undergone a second test—both with negative results—and will now have to undergo a third PCR test. The other case is an asymptomatic woman in Barcelona, who has undergone an initial test and will have to undergo a second one.
Barça claim La Liga title with Clásico win over Real Madrid
Barcelona secured their 29th Spanish league title after beating Real Madrid 2-0 in the Clasico on Sunday.
Marcus Rashford and Ferrán Torres struck in the first half to help Hansi Flick’s side clinch La Liga in consecutive years, while consigning Madrid to a trophyless season.
Barça moved an unassailable 14 points clear of second-place Los Blancos with three matches remaining.
This was only the second time the outcome of La Liga has been decided directly by the result of a Clásico, with record 36-time champions Real Madrid winning their first title in 1932 after a draw with Barca.
Last hantavirus ship evacuation flight to leave on Monday
The final evacuation flight for occupants of a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will leave the Canary Islands on Monday, Spain’s health minister said on Sunday.
The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius arrived at the small industrial port of Granadilla on Tenerife early on Sunday for the scheduled evacuation of passengers and some crew.
All passengers were asymptomatic and were undergoing a final medical assessment before their disembarkation, Spanish Health Minister Monica Garcia told reporters on Tenerife shortly before the operation was due to start.
“The last flight of the entire procedure is scheduled for tomorrow, which is the flight to Australia,” she said.
The ship’s 14 Spaniards were due to leave first, followed by a Dutch flight that would also take citizens from Germany, Belgium, Greece and part of the crew, Garcia said.
Separate flights for Canadian, Turkish, French, British, Irish and US citizens were also planned for Sunday, he added.
Rainy week ahead in much of Spain
According to the latest forecasts, the weather in much of mainland Spain will remain unsettled this week, with showers and thunderstorms expected.
Temperatures will also remain cooler than many would hope for this time of year, likely to drop slightly at the beginning of the week (especially the minimum temperatures).
On Monday, rain is expected primarily in the northern regions, but by Wednesday there will showers in Andalusia, Madrid and other parts of Spain.
Spanish meteorologists are expecting a lot of variability in the weather, so make sure you keep an umbrella handy.
With additional reporting by AFP.
