Tenerife medics poised for arrival of virus-hit cruise ship

BBC's Sarah Rainsford reports from the port in Tenerife where the MV Hondius is soon to dock, after a deadly hantavirus outbreak.

UK passengers on hantavirus-hit ship will fly home after Tenerife screening

The MV Hondius is heading for the Canary Islands where Britons on board will be transferred to Merseyside hospital Passengers from the UK who are on board the hantavirus-afflicted cruise ship heading for Tenerife will be flown to Merseyside on Sunday for hospital quarantine. The 19 British passengers and three crew will be transferred to Arrowe Park hospital in Wirral, which hosted British people returning from China at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading...

By Robyn Vinter in Tenerife

Americans to be evacuated from Hantavirus cruise ship as global health chief travels to quarantine island

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.

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship nears Canary Islands for WHO-led evacuation

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 flown home after weeks at sea. The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius is expected to reach waters off Tenerife at dawn on Sunday, where WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is due to help coordinate the ship’s evacuation. Three passengers from the ship – a Dutch husband and wife and a German woman – have died, while others have fallen sick with the...

By Agence France-Presse

Hantavirus: Countries prepare to evacuate ship passengers

Germany and the US are among countries sending aircraft to evacuate their citizens from the MV Hondius cruise ship hit with the deadly outbreak of hantavirus. The ship is expected to arrive in Tenerife this morning.

WHO Director Will Travel To Tenerife For Hantavirus Ship Evacuation: ‘Pain Of 2020 Is Still Real’ - Forbes

WHO Director Will Travel To Tenerife For Hantavirus Ship Evacuation: ‘Pain Of 2020 Is Still Real’  Forbes

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship to arrive in Tenerife today; WHO head chief reaches Spanish island

Passengers from the hantavirus-affected MV Hondius will disembark in Tenerife on Sunday. Three passengers have died, and five others tested positive after leaving the ship. The Andes virus strain, which can spread person-to-person, was detected. Spanish authorities confirmed the deceased and their belongings will not be unloaded.

By TOI WORLD DESK

‘Pain of 2020 is still real’: WHO reassures Spanish island residents ahead of arrival of hantavirus-stricken ship

The MV Hondius, with more than 140 passengers and crew on board, is headed to Spain's Canary Islands and is expected to arrive at the island of Tenerife soon.

Fact Check: Hantavirus infection is not a confirmed side effect of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine

Rumours emerge after viral Facebook post falsely claims Pfizer Covid jab causes hantavirus pulmonary infection

By Reuters

Hantavirus: Stop The Spread Is Back

Hantavirus: Stop The Spread Is Back Via the Brownstone Institute, Hollywood loves a good sequel and so does politics and pharmaceutical development.  Since Covid, there have been several attempted disease scares – Mpox, Swine flu, Bird flu, Chikungunya, Measles – but nothing has really caught the attention of audiences like the new Hantavirus frenzy.  Today’s evidence comes from DRUDGE REPORT: global effort to stop the spread. Is “flatten the curve” next? Let’s remember how t...

By Tyler Durden

Passengers to disembark virus-hit cruise ship — Cruise operator

All passengers and some crew will disembark the virus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius in Tenerife, according to operator Oceanwide Expeditions on Saturday. Read More: https://punchng.com/passengers-to-disembark-virus-hit-cruise-ship-cruise-operator/

By Punch Newspapers