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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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...
<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>
The ship had anchored off the coast of the Canary Islands of Spain.
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.
More than a dozen Americans are aboard a hantavirus-stricken ship bound for Spain's Canary Islands.
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 ...
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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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.
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...
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.
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...
Three people have died since the outbreak and five passengers who left the ship are infected with hantavirus.
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.
The MV Hondius has arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands with no signs of infection among around 150 people set for quarantine.
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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...
A cruise ship carrying passengers with a hantavirus outbreak has arrived in Spain's Canary Islands. Most of the nearly 150 people on board will be evacuated and flown home. Three passengers have died from the rare disease. Authorities assure the public the risk remains low. Daily life in Granadilla ...
The hantavirus in the headlines following an outbreak of the disease on a cruise ship which has arrived in Spain poses a very low risk to Thailand, according to a renowned Thai virologist.
Spain has begun the evacuation process of passengers from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship anchored near Tenerife with health officials boarding the boat to conduct a final check and begin disembarking passengers, Spain's health ministry has said.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived on Saturday evening in Tenerife alongside Spain's interior and health ministers and its minister for territorial policy.
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.
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The World Health Organization says Hondius passengers will disembark in groups in Tenerife, Spain, before taking flights home amid hantavirus outbreak.
A cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak is headed for Spain's Canary Islands, where most of the nearly...
MADRID, May 10 — A cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak is headed for Spain’s Canary Islands, where most of the nearly 150 people on board will be evacuated and...
GRANADILLA DE ABONA, Spain — A cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak is headed for Spain's Canary Islands, where most of the nearly 150...
The M/V Hondius cruise ship carrying 150 passengers, including 17 Americans, heads to Spain's Canary Islands amid a deadly Hantavirus outbreak at sea.
The cruise ship dealing with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus is set to dock at Spain's Canary Islands and evacuate passengers and crew. There are nine confirmed or suspected cases connected to the ship, including three deaths, health officials said.
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The MV Hondius is expected to dock in Tenerife early Sunday, where passengers will undergo screening before being transferred to isolated areas under strict health protocols.
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Spain to evacuate cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak
Spanish authorities are getting set to receive the MV Hondius, the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak. The WHO has confirmed six hantavirus cases linked to the ship so far.
The document includes advice on: In addition to the ECDC expert already deployed on board the ship, Spain requested support through the EU Health Task Force, leading to the deployment of one additional ECDC expert and two fellows from the European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training. The additional expert will support coordination with the fellows and act as a liaison between ECDC and the national and regional authorities in Spain and the Canary Islands, while also providing technic
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE (Spain), May 9 — Spain has agreed to receive a luxury cruise ship carrying 149 people from 23 countries that suffered an outbreak of hantavirus aboard...
The head of the World Health Organization has arrived in Spain to oversee the evacuation of passengers from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship heading to Tenerife. The ship is expected to arrive early Sunday. So far, no one on board was showing symptoms. Three people have died since the outbreak, and...
Authorities are racing to prevent further spread of the hantavirus from a cruise ship as more suspected cases are reported thousands of kilometres apart.
Authorities are racing to prevent further spread of the hantavirus from a cruise ship as more suspected cases are reported thousands of kilometres apart.
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