Passengers of the Cruise Ship MV Hondius, Which Was Affected by a Hantavirus Outbreak, Arrive at Tenerife Sud Airport
All 30 crew members will stay aboard as Spain and other countries repatriate passengers after health officials found six confirmed cases and two suspected cases.
- On Sunday, May 10, Spain began evacuating passengers from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship Hondius anchored near Tenerife, with health officials boarding to conduct final checks before disembarking.
- The ship departed Cape Verde on May 6 after the World Health Organization and European Union requested Spain manage the evacuation following detection of hantavirus, which can rarely transmit person-to-person.
- According to WHO data released May 8, eight people fell ill including three deaths; Europe's public health agency designated all passengers as high-risk contacts as a precautionary measure.
- Spanish Health Minister Monica Garcia confirmed passengers from the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Greece will depart via military planes to Madrid without public contact, maintaining strict isolation protocols.
- Thirty crew members will remain aboard as the vessel sails to the Netherlands for disinfection, while the final evacuation flight retrieves six people from Australia, New Zealand, and other Asian countries.
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The cruise ship MV »Hondius« docks on Tenerife. Residents are afraid, some say shortly before arrival, they wanted to block the port. At 9.43 am the first passengers leave.
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