Hantavirus: MV Hondius Expected Early Sunday in the Canary Islands
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The ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, will arrive in the Canary Islands on Sunday morning. Nearly 150 passengers and crew members, considered "high-risk contacts, will be evacuated.
The cruise ship is scheduled to arrive on Sunday at dawn off the island of Tenerife with its nearly 150 passengers and crew members, all considered "high-risk contacts" by WHO.
In order to avoid contamination early this Sunday morning, ships will commute between the land and the cruise ship. The passengers will then be transported by bus to the airport, to be repatriated.
Pedro Antonio Jiménez Gómez, PhD in Microbiology from CEU San Pablo University, explains to El Debate the main reason
Ushuaia (Argentina), 9 May 2026 (AFP) – The authorities of tourism of the Land of Fire Argentina, from where the MV Hondius left affected by a hantavirus outbreak, do not anticipate any impact on the cruise activity, because "the health situation has not changed" locally, assured a provincial official at the AFP Saturday. "There has been [...] The Hantavirus article: the authorities of tourism of the Land of Fire do not anticipate the impact of …
Before arriving in the Netherlands, the Canary Islands will receive more than 100 passengers, who will be repatriated from an airport in Tenerife in the near future and from the European Union.
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