Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for the Canary Islands
Health officials are tracing passengers across four continents as the World Health Organization says the wider public risk remains low.
- Spanish authorities are preparing to receive the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius in Tenerife this weekend, where Virginia Barcones, Spain's head of emergency services, said passengers will arrive at a "completely isolated, cordoned-off area."
- At least three deaths have been linked to the hantavirus outbreak aboard the vessel. Usually spread by inhaling contaminated rodent droppings, symptoms typically appear between one and eight weeks after exposure.
- The United States agreed to send a plane to repatriate 17 citizens, while the British government will charter a separate flight to evacuate nearly two dozen British citizens from the Dutch-flagged vessel.
- Health authorities across four continents are scrambling to trace passengers who disembarked before the outbreak was detected. On April 24, more than two dozen people from at least 12 countries left without contact tracing.
- The World Health Organization considers public risk from the outbreak low, noting hantavirus isn't easily transmitted between people. Netherlands-based Oceanwide Expeditions reported Thursday that none of the remaining passengers or crew currently show symptoms.
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Dr. Mara Jana Broadhurst discusses the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship
The hantavirus-stricken cruise ship is expected to dock in the Canary Islands this weekend. Spanish health officials are planning careful evacuations of the more than 140 passengers and crew who remain onboard. None are currently showing any symptoms. At least three passengers have died, and several others are sick. Doctor Mara Jana Broadhurst from the [...]
In the port of Granadilla on Tenerife, a massive effort is underway to safely disembark the passengers from the Dutch cruise ship Hondius. Construction workers are setting up fences, erecting tents, and installing toilets.
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