Canary Islands Leader Rejects Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship Heading to Tenerife
- On Wednesday, Canary Islands leader Fernando Clavijo rejected a Spanish government plan to allow the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius to dock at the archipelago, citing insufficient safety data to guarantee public protection.
- The MV Hondius has been marooned near Cape Verde since Saturday following a hantavirus outbreak that resulted in three deaths, with authorities confirming the rare Andes strain capable of human-to-human transmission.
- Roughly 147 passengers and crew remain on board, with two sick patients and a third person slated for immediate medical evacuation via ambulance planes coordinated with national and international authorities.
- Clavijo demanded an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, labeling the docking decision an "improvisation" that "does not convey peace of mind" to the archipelago's population.
- While the World Health Organisation assesses the public risk as low, officials continue coordinating with European authorities to manage the medical crisis and organize the eventual repatriation of passengers.
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By Pau Mosquera, CNN en Español. Despite the Spanish government, led by Pedro Sánchez, pledging to receive the MV Hondius cruise ship, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, at the port of Granadilla de Abona in southern Tenerife, the Canary Islands authorities have expressed their disagreement with this measure. “We will do everything possible, from a legal standpoint, to prevent this from happening,” said the president of the Canary Islands govern…
Canary Islands President Opposes Hantavirus Outbreak Cruise Ship’s Docking
The regional leader of Spain’s Canary Islands said on May 6 that he would not allow a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak to dock on the archipelago, putting the autonomous community at odds with the national government. “This decision is not based on any technical criteria, nor is there sufficient information to reassure the public or guarantee their safety,” Canary Islands President Fernando Clavijo told radio station COPE. Cl…
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