Tenerife Braces for Arrival of Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship
Health officials confirmed 6 cases and 3 deaths as passengers are screened offshore and flown home after the ship was barred from docking.
- The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius arrives off Tenerife around dawn on Sunday to evacuate nearly 150 passengers, with World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus coordinating the offshore operation.
- Three passengers—a Dutch husband and wife and a German woman—have died from the outbreak, and the Andes virus, the only hantavirus type transmitting between humans, has been confirmed among patients.
- The WHO has confirmed six cases out of eight suspected ones. Spokeswoman Maria Van Kerkhove said "we classify everybody on board as what we call a high-risk contact," though the public risk remains low.
- Regional authorities refused to allow the vessel to dock at Granadilla de Abona, forcing the ship to remain offshore while passengers are screened and evacuated between Sunday and Monday.
- Despite the medical emergency unfolding offshore, daily life in Spain's Canary Islands remains largely normal, with residents continuing to swim, shop at markets, and sit at cafes.
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During this weekend the cruise ship MV Hondius, recognized globally by the outbreak of hantavirus present in its crew, will dock on the Spanish island Tenerife.The passengers began their journey on April 1st in Ushuaia, Argentina, to travel to the southern tip of South America. Eight cases of contagion have already been linked by the outbreak of hantavirus associated with this expedition and, to date, three people have died during the sanitary e…
The ship is not allowed to enter the port, but will anchor near the coast.
The Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius arrives at Tenerife on Sunday morning. It will drop anchor near Granadilla de Abona, on the south side of the island. Follow all developments regarding the hantavirus in our live blog.
The attention of almost all the planet is focused in the last hours on the 75 scarce hectares of the Port of Granadilla, in the southeast of Tenerife. Dozens of operators and other members of the bodies and security forces of the State have been during the afternoon of this Saturday preparing the facilities to make possible the disembarkation this Sunday of the passage of the MV Hondius, the Antarctic cruiser hit by an outbreak of hantavirus tha…
The arrival of the Hondius ship to Tenerife with an outbreak of hantavirus has not only caused a strong concern in the Canary Islands and in the rest of Spain. It has also placed the archipelago in the focus of numerous international media that follow minute by minute the evolution of the health and political operation deployed on the island. Journalists displaced from Japan, United Kingdom and Denmark recognize OKDIARIO that the episode has gen…
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