Passengers Disembark Hondius in Tenerife After Hantavirus Outbreak
MV Hondius docked at Granadilla and dozens of passengers began flying home as health authorities monitor people after several infections and three deaths linked to the ship.
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Overview
The MV Hondius docked at the port of Granadilla, Tenerife at around 6:24 a.m. local time and dozens of passengers began disembarking to charter and government flights, Oceanwide Expeditions and Spain's Health Ministry said.
The evacuations follow a hantavirus outbreak aboard the ship that has been linked to at least five infected passengers who left earlier and three deaths, health officials and reports said.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the public risk is low and "this is not another COVID," and French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said one French passenger developed symptoms on a repatriation flight and was isolated.
Spain's Health Ministry said 14 people were evacuated to Madrid, five to France, four to Canada, 26 to the Netherlands, 22 to the United Kingdom, two to Ireland and three to Turkey on Sunday.
U.S. passengers will be taken to the National Quarantine Center at the University of Nebraska for assessment and a CDC official said passengers can expect an overall monitoring period of 42 days.
Analysis
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