Plane with Hantavirus Ship Evacuees in Spain to Fix 'Broken Isolation Bubble': Regional Govt
Regional officials said the plane stopped in Gran Canaria to repair an isolation bubble, and the ship is due in Tenerife for medical checks and repatriations.
- On Wednesday, May 6, a plane carrying evacuees from the Dutch-flagged ship Hondius landed in Gran Canaria to repair a broken isolation bubble after Morocco denied its landing request, regional government sources said.
- Since last weekend, the Hondius has been at the center of an international health scare after three passengers died from a suspected hantavirus outbreak, a disease typically spread by infected rodents.
- According to Flightradar24, the plane departed Cape Verde carrying three people, with planned stops in Malaga before reaching Amsterdam; sources confirmed no individuals will disembark or board during the Gran Canaria stop.
- Although the Canaries regional government requested that repatriations occur directly from Cape Verde, the medical emergency necessitated this unscheduled stop in the archipelago despite prior opposition to receiving the vessel.
- Health Minister Monica Garcia confirmed that the Hondius is scheduled to reach Tenerife by Saturday, where passengers will undergo medical examinations and begin the repatriation process.
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In the night the sanitary operation for the transfer to Amsterdam of two evacuated on board an ambulance plane, forced to a technical port of call in Las Palmas of Gran Canaria, for a failure to the protective bubble of one of the patients. The British patient is stable. The ship is expected Saturday in Tenerife (ANSA)
An ambulance plane made a stopover in Gran Canaria from Cape Verde to repair the isolation bubble of a patient with hantavirus.A source from the regional government of the Canary Islands detailed the case: a failure in the electrical system in the patient's support.The situation caused the use of the airport's electric support while waiting for the arrival of a new plane to continue the route.The same fute assured that the patient did not repres…
The breakdown in one of the isolation pods has forced the unexpected landing at the Grancanario airport
Morocco Reportedly Denied Airspace to Air Ambulance Carrying Hantavirus Patients
An air ambulance evacuating two suspected hantavirus patients from the stricken cruise ship MV Hondius was reportedly forced to divert to Gran Canaria after Morocco denied it entry into its airspace.
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