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Plane with Hantavirus Evacuees Lands in Netherlands
All 26 evacuees will isolate for about six weeks after a hantavirus outbreak on the Dutch-flagged cruise ship killed three passengers.
- On Sunday, 26 passengers and crew from the Hondius landed at Eindhoven, including eight Dutch nationals and 18 individuals from other countries, according to the Dutch foreign ministry.
- The Hondius has been at the center of a global health scare after three passengers died amid a hantavirus outbreak; the vessel docked in Tenerife on Sunday carrying 147 passengers and crew.
- Dutch returnees must spend six weeks in home quarantine, while citizens of other countries will be taken to a "quarantine location," the foreign ministry said.
- Of the 38 Filipino crew, 24 hotel stewards are flying to the Netherlands for a 42-day quarantine, with four arriving Sunday and 20 following on Monday.
- Once evacuated, the Hondius will sail to Rotterdam with a skeleton crew for disinfection; the voyage is expected to take five days, after which the vessel will be disinfected.
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Last evacuation flights with final 28 evacuees from hantavirus ship land in Netherlands
EINDHOVEN (Netherlands), May 12 —The last two evacuation planes carrying passengers and crew from the hantavirus-hit ship MV Hondius landed in the Netherlands today, according to an AFP journalist.Travelling in the two planes were 28 evacuees from the ship, according to the Dutch foreign ministry, including passengers, crew, and medical staff.The first plane to land was transporting six former guests of the Hondius, four from Australia, one from…
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