WHO chief reassures Tenerife residents ahead of arrival of virus-hit cruise ship

"This is not another Covid," Tedros Ghebreyesus tells islanders before MV Hondius docks on Sunday.

Spanish island braces for arrival of Hantavirus cruise ship

The MV Hondius, hit by a hantavirus outbreak, is set to anchor off Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, on Sunday. About 80 passengers will be evacuated by Zodiac boats and immediately repatriated by plane. The operation is being overseen by the World Health Organization's director general.

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Hantavirus: Spain prepares to receive cruise ship

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.

Contact tracing begins after Hantavirus-hit cruise passengers disembarks in St. Helena

Health authorities have launched international contact tracing efforts following three deaths aboard a cruise ship linked to suspected hantavirus exposure. Officials are monitoring passengers who disembarked in St. Helena, while suspected cases in Alicante and Barcelona remain under observation pending test results. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris reports from Madrid.

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Inside the military-style Tenerife operation to get passengers off the Hantavirus cruise ship

The plan to offload the remaining 147 passengers and crew on board MV Hondius travelling from Cape Verde to Tenerife has been planned down to the last minute and is also racing against the weather, reports Renée Boskaljon in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria

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European states to send planes to evacuate citizens from hantavirus-hit cruise ship

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European states to send planes to evacuate citizens from hantavirus-hit cruise ship

Germany, France, Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands will send planes to evacuate their citizens aboard the Tenerife-bound cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, Spain’s interior minister said in Madrid on Saturday. The European Union is sending two further planes for remaining European citizens, Fernando Grande-Marlaska added. The US and UK have confirmed planes […]

Hantavirus Outbreak: Indian Expert Shares WHO Protocols, Response Times For Infectious Disease Outbreaks

As the MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak triggered a multinational response, global health expert Dr Sabine Kapasi explains how WHO protocols, maritime surveillance and international coordination work during infectious disease emergencies.

Number of European countries to send planes to evacuate passengers on hantavirus-hit cruise ship

Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands have confirmed that they will send planes to evacuate nationals from their respective countries aboard the Tenerife-bound cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, Spain's interior minister said in Madrid on Saturday.

WHO chief arrives in Spain before hantavirus-hit ship evacuation

The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief said on Saturday he had arrived in Spain and would join government officials to oversee the disembarkation of a hantavirus-hit cruise ship in the Canary Islands. “I arrived in Spain, where I will join senior government officials in a mission to Tenerife to oversee safe disembarkation of the passengers, crew members and health experts from MV Hondius cruise ship,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X, stressing, “at this stage, there are no additional ...

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Tenerife prepares for arrival of hantavirus cruise ship as WHO chief to oversee evacuation

The MV Hondius is expected to arrive in Tenerife in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

Experts race to write guidance to contain first ship-borne hantavirus outbreak

First cruise-ship hantavirus outbreak kills three, infects eight; new safety protocols needed fast.

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Dutch passengers ordered into six-week home quarantine after deadly hantavirus outbreak

Dutch authorities have ordered all Dutch passengers aboard the cruise ship Hondi

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WHO monitors rare hantavirus outbreak aboard cruise ship; three dead 

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is closely monitoring a rare outbreak of hantavirus-linked severe respiratory illness aboard a Dutch-flagged cruise ship after seven cases, including three deaths, were reported among passengers and crew.

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