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Spain defends evacuating 'symptomless' cruise passengers around world
Spain has insisted it took 'all measures' to prevent hantavirus spreading from evacuees on a cruise ship hit by the virus who left the Canary Islands.
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Imogen Garfinkel
The Local
Spain·Spain says it took 'all measures' to stop hantavirus amid new positive cases
Spanish authorities on Monday said they took "all measures" to prevent hantavirus spreading from evacuees on a cruise ship hit by the virus, after French and US nationals tested positive.
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Covid flashbacks haunt Spain's Canary Islands as hantavirus ship docks
Six years after registering Spain's first Covid case, locals in the Canary Islands are both worried and angry about the arrival of a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, reviving painful memories.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Spain·Butler insists hantavirus ‘doesn’t have pandemic potential’
Australia’s Health Minister says the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship off Spain doesn’t have ‘pandemic potential’ less than 24 hours from the scheduled of a repatriation flight of passengers to Australia.
Bangkok Post Public Company Limited
Spain·US citizen from hantavirus ship tests positive
GRANADILLA DE ABONA (SPAIN) - The operation to repatriate passengers of the cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak continued into Monday, as US officials said an American had tested positive for the virus.
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US citizen on hantavirus ship tests positive in Spain
The operation to repatriate passengers of the cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak continued into Monday, as US officials said an American had tested positive for the virus.
Currents
Spain·Spain Says 94 People Evacuated From Hantavirus-hit Cruise Ship So Far
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Malay Mail
Spain·Repatriation of hantavirus-hit cruise ship accelerates as 94 flown home from Canary Islands, WHO urges 42‑day monitoring
GRANADILLA DE ABONA (Spain), May 11 — A complex day-long operation to repatriate occupants of a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak neared completion late...
The New York Times
Spain·Cruise Ship Linked to Hantavirus Outbreak Arrives in Spain’s Canary Islands for Disembarking
<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMilAFBVV95cUxNamFkTUppLTNGdE13ZXdWZHl0R2IwZTh6SHVYUmRDdGtTWXl1c09EVGhqZmwtUHN3UTgxSC1xeDZIbzB2YXF5cG92bi1heWppT3c2WXBOT2pXSEdHWk5mY1gtT1VYSWp1Tzh0Y2VaUndPRXF1b1E0c2pBSzBNcDFWRGxtLXVHYU1lWUhBNndLN3k1YjZi?oc=5" target="_blank">Cruise Ship Linked to Hantavirus Outbreak Arrives in Spain’s Canary Islands for Disembarking</a> <font color="#6f6f6f">The New York Times</font>
Express News Service
Spain·2 Indians aboard cruise ship with hantavirus cases evacuated to Netherlands
The ship had anchored off the coast of the Canary Islands of Spain.
Reuters
Spain·Spanish passengers start disembarkation from ship hit by hantavirus | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
TENERIFE/MADRID >> Spain said it had begun bringing Spanish passengers ashore from the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak which anchored near Tenerife on Sunday, with groups of nationals from other countries to follow.
The Associated Press; Bamaap
Spain·Experts wonder ‘Where is the CDC?’ amid hantavirus outbreak
More than a dozen Americans are aboard a hantavirus-stricken ship bound for Spain's Canary Islands.
Lily Dallow
Spain·Passengers evacuated from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship off Spain
A massive international evacuation effort is underway off the coast of Spain after a cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak arrived near the Canary Islands Sunday morning. Passengers aboard the MV Hondius began disembarking near Tenerife, the largest of Spain’s Canary Islands, as health ...
Currents
Spain·Evacuations begin for passengers on MV Hondius cruise ship following hantavirus outbreak
The first passengers to be evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship now anchored off Spain's Canary Islands arrived Sunday afternoon in Madrid, where they were being taken to a military hospital.
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Cruise ship at center of hantavirus outbreak docks in Spain
<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxOS3J2ZTlnMjBnWUd5SmNHNC00NEYzQnBuS1B5OVZSOTlIUWdfVlB4SmNhOThvUmxFYTBWS3NtMTRjajBNMnBfeWk4WnRGMlUzUEVaZmNYYmtVRkw1N1NmWHlWRzF6TTBXbkFrbHVJd2Nzc2pIdDZ1REMwQW5CdDRQalZCQzl1WHVnYUJXMFZ4elN0TS1pcWtUNUZfMTJCR3lpTUdOSnc1QjJHQlQ0NDVUVnV3X3M5cmotT0N5ci1XbkJ5dw?oc=5" target="_blank">Cruise ship at center of hantavirus outbreak docks in Spain</a> <font color="#6f6f6f">USA Today</font>
Christian Edwards; Aileen Graef; Pau Mosquera; Sophie Tanno; Jen Christensen; Vasco Cotovio; Laura Sharman
Spain·Passengers begin to disembark cruise ship hit by hantavirus — latest updates | CNN
Passengers have begun to disembark the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak, Spain’s ministry of health said. Follow for live updates.
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Currents
Spain·Watch Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship Begins Evacuation in Canary Islands - Bloomberg
A cruiseship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak is starting the process of evacuating passengers in Spain’s Canary Islands, almost a month after the contagious disease broke out. Distinguished professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Emory University School of Medicine Dr. Carl...
Currents
Spain·Evacuated passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship begin flights home from Canary Islands
Occupants of a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has sparked international alarm began flying home from Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday, in a complex repatriation operation.
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ET Online
Spain·Hantavirus panic grips Spain as 3 die onboard MV Hondius and political chaos explodes over response
A major health emergency unfolded off the coast of Spain after the cruise ship MV Hondius, hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, anchored near Tenerife following reports of three deaths onboard. Emergency evacuations began as Spanish authorities coordinated with international governments to transport...
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Currents
Spain·Passengers disembark from cruise ship at center of hantavirus outbreak in Spain
Three people have died since the outbreak and five passengers who left the ship are infected with hantavirus.
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Evacuation of hantavirus-hit ship begins in Canary Islands
GRANADILLA DE ABONA (SPAIN) - Occupants of a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has sparked international alarm began leaving the vessel in Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday for their repatriation.
Noemie Bisserbe
Spain·Hantavirus Cruise Ship Reaches Port as Passengers Prepare for Repatriation
The MV Hondius has arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands with no signs of infection among around 150 people set for quarantine.
Currents
Spain·Hantavirus cruise ship preparing to dock in Spain
The MV Hondius cruise ship is preparing to dock in Spain, with passengers finally getting the chance to disembark after being stranded on the ship due to a Hantavirus outbreak.
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Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship Begins Evacuation in Canary Islands
A cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak is starting the process of evacuating passengers in Spain’s Canary Islands, almost a month after the contagious disease broke out.
India Today World Desk
Spain·Hantavirus-hit cruise ship anchored off Spain's island, mass evacuation begins
The hantavirus-hit MV Hondius arrived off Tenerife as WHO and Spanish authorities began a tightly controlled evacuation. Passengers were screened, kept away from the local population and flown out as governments moved to contain the outbreak.
Lynsey Chutel and Carlos Barragán
Spain·Cruise Ship Linked to Hantavirus Outbreak Arrives in Spain’s Canary Islands for Disembarking
The MV Hondius, the cruise ship that had carried passengers infected with hantavirus, anchored off the Spanish territory, where other passengers would soon disembark.
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Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak arrives in Spain's Tenerife
<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMipAFBVV95cUxOQlhZRlFfRTR3V1F5NFRUeENaVnI3MUNYSjE0eU1nYzR2dVVyZElhRi1ubjFqbkJfeWZEQjkxNUVtSURuVjNGSHExOHMtU1BndXkxYkFudjc4bjl3TUEyQ2V6RlkzUDQ2SW84eGU3eFRHYUI2TTUwd1N0UGlJZklOMHlzZXB3bC0tbS1tTnBpQ0VwZFRXODFONEJQRW13RjRtejAzdNIBqgFBVV95cUxORUJ0VVZSYnNGQnZHVXNwVm02eTNwM2daU214OEJNRlF0cFVuaFBZU2cxN05CUGdhZXJoSExDbGdaV3lUTERuWlhFRVZlYTlCNEhwbG1jN09UQ2hyV3ZNUHJJR2M3VUFybnpFRXkwTkI1WUhRSTl3X2xTUGlsM0RjQzhOLVdYS3pYMktIYmx2dllvYmRERVFoREdhdXlBQWlaeW9aNnFTTmdqQQ?oc=5" target="_blank">Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak arrives in Spain's Tenerife</a> <font color="#6f6f6f">CNBC</font>
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Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship arrives in Tenerife
A cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak arrived in Spain's Canary Islands Sunday, where most of the nearly 150 people on board will be evacuated.
- Spain·
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrives in Spain's Canary Islands
A cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has arrived in Spain's Canary Islands, where most of the nearly 150 people on board will be evacuated and flown home after weeks at sea.
- Spain·
Cruise ship with deadly hantavirus outbreak reaches Canary Islands as mass evacuation begins
MADRID, May 10 — A cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak arrived in Spain's Canary Islands today, where most of the nearly 150 people on board will be evacuated...
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