Pedro Sánchez wanted to reassure the population after confirming the first positive case for coronavirus on the island of La Gomera.

In a tweet, the President of the Government has assured that "Spain has a strong health system and an alert and detection network with professional experts who work from the first minute following the recommendations of the WHO".

At the moment, the infected patient is admitted and isolated in a hospital of the island, as reported by the Ministry of Health in a statement.

This patient is one of the five people of German nationality who were admitted and isolated at the Virgen de Guadalupe Hospital in La Gomera under observation after learning that they had been in contact in Germany with a patient diagnosed with a coronavirus infection.

These people, of German origin and arrivals to the island as tourists, were located on the afternoon of Wednesday once the Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands Government was alerted by the Ministry of Health that in the Canary Islands there were two people who they had been in contact in Germany with a patient diagnosed with coronavirus in order to activate the corresponding protocol.

From that moment, the General Directorate of Public Health immediately activated this protocol for the study of possible cases of coronavirus disease and the five people were admitted and isolated in the Hospital of La Gomera.

This Friday, after ten o'clock at night, the results of the analyzes that were sent to the Carlos III Health Institute have confirmed a case of coronavirus, the first detected in Spain.

All of them will continue to be admitted to the hospital of La Gomera after this positive and will be subjected to the treatments and protective measures indicated in the protocol for these cases.

Thus, the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands has indicated that they will not be transferred to another hospital as long as the evolution of the patients is favorable when considering this is the best option for patient care.

The health status of these five people "is so far good," which suggests that the infection with this coronavirus "is mostly mild," said the department directed by the counselor Teresa Cruz.

As foreseen in the protocol, this Saturday there will be a ministerial meeting for evaluation and monitoring of the coronavirus, chaired by the minister, Salvador Illa, after which more information on this case will be offered.

Also, the president of the Canary Islands Government, Ángel Víctor Torres; the Minister of Health, Teresa Cruz Oval; and the head of Epidemiology and Prevention of the General Directorate of Public Health will inform this Saturday of the follow-up that will be carried out on these patients.

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