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Here's the CDC's Plan as Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Starts Evacuation Process
Three people have died and 34 passengers and crew had already disembarked as countries coordinate testing, quarantine and repatriation, officials said.
- On Sunday, the MV Hondius anchored off Tenerife, Spain, as authorities launched coordinated evacuations of more than 140 passengers following a hantavirus outbreak that has claimed three lives.
- Dutch ornithologist Leo Schilperoord was identified as the first case in April after the Andes strain of hantavirus likely originated from rodent exposure during birdwatching activities in South America.
- Some 102 of the 3,116 passengers reported severe respiratory illness during the voyage, while five previously disembarked individuals have tested positive for hantavirus, according to WHO data.
- Passengers are being ferried to shore by nationality for immediate repatriation, with American citizens heading to the National Quarantine Center in Omaha, Nebraska, for monitoring.
- Former CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden criticized the agency's response as slow, while President Donald Trump defended U.S. control, saying "we seem to have things under very good control.
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Evacuations have reportedly begun on the ‘MV Hondius’ cruise ship, where hantavirus cases have been detected.
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