Hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads to Spain after three people evacuated
WHO said the risk to the wider public remains low as three evacuees received specialist care and contact tracing expanded across several countries.
- The MV Hondius, hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, departed from the coast of Cape Verde on Wednesday after being stranded since Sunday.
- Three people were evacuated from the ship, including two who were seriously ill, according to a Reuters witness.
- The cruise ship, carrying nearly 150 people, is expected to arrive in Tenerife within three days.
- Monica Garcia said passengers still on board were not showing symptoms of the disease.
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According to the document El Debate has agreed to, Spain "has a consolidated infrastructure for the management of high-risk pathogens"
Spanish authorities are preparing to take back more than 140 passengers and crew from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship bound for the Canary Islands, with health officials saying they will carry out careful evacuations.
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Europa SurThis is a passenger who was going on the plane where the woman who finally passed away Tenerife activates the Insular Emergency Plan while Clavijo states that the cruise must leave the Canary Islands "no more the last traveler goes down" WHO
The MV Hondius cruiser, affected by an outbreak of hantavirus, is headed to the Canary Islands after Cape Verde's initial refusal to host it
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