Hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads to Spain after three people evacuated
WHO said the Andes virus outbreak is unlikely to spread widely after three evacuees from the cruise ship were flown to Europe.
- 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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Hantavirus cruise ship heads for Spain's Canary Islands as officials race to trace victims' contacts
The hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius on Thursday is en route to Spain's Canary Islands, as European and African authorities rush to trace anyone who may have come into contact with the virus.
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Latest evacuee from hantavirus-hit cruise lands in Europe
Another sick passenger from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship landed in Europe on Thursday, as the vessel headed to a Spanish island and health officials scrambled to map the outbreak of the potentially deadly human-to-human strain.
Virus-stricken cruise ship heads to Spain as hantavirus evacuees flown to Europe
MADRID, May 7 — A cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will reach the Spanish island of Tenerife “within three days”, with the evacuation of passengers to start from May 11, Spain said Wednesday.The fate of the MV Hondius has sparked international alarm after three people travelling on the ship died, though World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insisted the outbreak was not comparable to the Covid pandemic.One pas…
An expedition that departs from Tierra del Fuego (Argentina), with a passage that can exceed 22,000 euros and 43 days ahead to visit the Antarctic Peninsula and remote islands of the Atlantic. That was the premise of a journey that was promised to dream and that has ended with dead on board, anchored in Cape Verde waters and awaiting repatriation. The cause? An outbreak of hantavirus whose origin is not yet known with certainty and which would h…
Hantavirus patients evacuated as cruise ship steams for the Canary Islands
A vessel grappling with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus evacuated three people on Wednesday, including two in serious condition, and will head toward Spain’s Canary Islands to disembark the roughly 150 passengers still on board.
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