WHO Chief Reassures Tenerife Residents Ahead of Hantavirus Cruise Ship Arrival
The WHO said 6 of 8 suspected cases were confirmed as passengers are moved home after a hantavirus outbreak killed three aboard the MV Hondius.
- On Saturday, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Tenerife to coordinate the evacuation of more than 140 passengers and crew from the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius.
- After departing Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1, the Dutch-flagged Hondius carried around 150 people when the Andes virus strain—capable of rare person-to-person transmission—sparked an outbreak killing three passengers.
- Christian Lindmeier, a WHO spokesman, reported six confirmed cases out of eight suspected infections Friday, stating "the risk to the general population remains absolutely low" and the virus is not easily contagious.
- Evacuations must occur between Sunday and Monday due to adverse weather, with The United States arranging flights for Americans to quarantine in Nebraska while Spanish authorities keep the ship anchored off Tenerife.
- Authorities monitor suspected cases in Alicante and Tristan da Cunha involving around 220 people, while Two Singapore residents and a KLM flight attendant have tested negative for the disease.
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WHO head seeks to reassure residents of Spanish island where hantavirus-stricken ship is headed
The head of the World Health Organization is seeking to reassure residents of the Spanish island of Tenerife worried about the anticipated arrival there of a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, arrived in the Canary Islands on 9 May to personally supervise the evacuation of the passengers and crew of the Hondius cruise ship, on which the hantavirus had broken out.
'This is not another COVID': WHO head reassures Tenerife residents before hantavirus cruise ship arrives
World Health Organization director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued a direct message to Tenerife residents on Saturday, reassuring them the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship that's expected to arrive at the Spanish island won't put them in danger.
The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has issued a personal statement addressed directly to the inhabitants of Tenerife to calm the moods before the arrival of the cruise ship MV Hondius. The ship, which transports almost 150 people of 23 nationalities, has recorded an outbreak of hantavirus (Andes strain) that has already claimed the lives of three people. In an unusual gesture, Dr. Tedros …
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