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Canary Islands Leader Rejects Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship Heading to Tenerife
WHO reported seven cases and three deaths as the ship remained isolated, while health officials traced a likely Andes virus cluster.
- 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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The president of the autonomous community expressed his rejection that the cruise ship MV Hondius docks in a port of Tenerife
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