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Hantavirus Outbreak: Cruise Ship Passengers Disembark
- Published
- May 10, 2026
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- 1:47
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- Last updated
- May 10, 2026
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The MV Hondius cruise ship, carrying over one hundred passengers, is nearing Tenerife in the Canary Islands after a month-long isolation at sea due to a hantavirus outbreak. The ship, anchored offshore, will be boarded by medical teams to screen passengers before they are ferried ashore in small boats and flown out on charter planes. Spanish passengers wi…
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The MV Hondius cruise ship, carrying over one hundred passengers, is nearing Tenerife in the Canary Islands after a month-long isolation at sea due to a hantavirus outbreak. The ship, anchored offshore, will be boarded by medical teams to screen passengers before they are ferried ashore in small boats and flown out on charter planes. Spanish passengers will be quarantined in Madrid, while locals have been assured of low contagion risk. The outbreak originated from a rodent-infested landfill in A
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