First group of Spanish passengers disembarks from hantavirus-hit cruise ship
Spanish nationals are leaving first as more than 20 countries coordinate evacuations and medical monitoring for passengers exposed to hantavirus.
- On Sunday, passengers from the cruise ship MV Hondius disembarked in Tenerife, Canary Islands, beginning their repatriation aboard military and government aircraft to more than 20 countries.
- The Hondius departed Argentina on April 1 carrying 114 passengers and 61 crew members; the vessel later encountered an Andes strain hantavirus outbreak that has killed three people.
- Operator Oceanwide Expeditions reports that none of the 147 people currently aboard are symptomatic, with a methodical evacuation procedure coordinating passengers of more than 20 different nationalities.
- Acting Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said remaining U.S. passengers will be transported to the University of Nebraska Medical Center for 42 days of monitoring, not quarantine.
- World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is personally overseeing the operation in Tenerife, assuring residents, "This is not another COVID," while praising the island's response with "grace, solidarity and compassion.
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After the Hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, two more passengers have been tested positively for the pathogen - a French woman and an American. Meanwhile, the evacuation of "Hondius" is almost complete.
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While MV Hondius docked at the port of Tenerife on Sunday, 10 May, Spanish journalist Álvaro Oliver González followed the operations as closely as possible. He tells of his day in La Dépêche du Midi.
The controversy over the landing of the hantavirus cruise forced on the Canary Islands by the government of Sánchez continues to gain weight as the hours pass and new dislates are known that question the effectiveness of the protocols applied to avoid risks of contagion. Thus, this Sunday afternoon, hours after the departure of passengers from the MV Hondius anchored in the port of Tínerfeño of Granadilla, OKDIARIO has been able to confirm, by s…
The "Hondius" has landed in a port of Tenerife. 94 of the nearly 150 people on board are brought ashore. The action runs smoothly, but then a post office from France causes excitement.
Passengers evacuated from cruise ship begin flying home
Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship have started flying home aboard military and government planes after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands. That's where travelers were escorted to shore Sunday by personnel in full-body protective gear and breathing…
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