Located in a hospital in Galicia the Brazilian doctor Leo Nissola

USPA NEWS - A publication on the social network Facebook by the former US ambassador to Spain under President Obama's administration, James Costos, warned this week about the disappearance of the Brazilian doctor, a member of the American Academy of Immunologists and a CNN and CBS contributor, Leonardo José Nissola, 40, who was doing the Camino de Santiago and who had not been heard from since last September 28. Finally, the Spanish Civil Guard reported this Wednesday that Nissola had been located in a hospital in Galicia.

Leonardo José Nissola disappeared when he was doing a stage of the Camino de Santiago through the Bierzo region, in the province of León (Northwest Spain). He made a pilgrimage through the lands of the Leonese town of Villafranca del Bierzo and published on social networks, where he has more than 15,000 followers, his achievements on the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Until last September 28. Since that day, no new publication or news about his progress or his health status. His disappearance mobilized his friends, including former US ambassador to Spain James Costos, who mobilized the S.O.S. Disappeared and the Spanish Civil Guard, which has deployed patrols along the Camino de Santiago for the protection of pilgrims.

Immediately, the security forces and volunteers joined the search for the doctor of Brazilian origin. Until, finally, the Subdelegation of the Spanish Government in the province of León confirmed this Wednesday that Dr. Nissola was located at the Lucus Augusti Hospital in Lugo, already in Galician lands. The Subdelegation of the Spanish Government did not report, however, the reasons for his admission to the hospital.

Dr. Leonardo José Nissola is a renowned doctor and researcher who works on immunotherapy research. He is a member of the American Academy of Immunologists and is the author of several books on this specialty. In the last two years he has gained fame for his participation in various projects related to Covid-19 in the United States, and as a contributor to television networks such as CNN and CBS. Before being located in the Lugo hospital, from the organization S.O.S. Disappeared, it was reported that his disappearance was "highly vulnerable," so they asked for the collaboration of citizens to locate him.