MADRID, May 7 — A cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will reach the Spanish island of Tenerife “within three days”, with the evacuation of passengers to start from May 11, Spain said Wednesday. The fate of the MV Hondius has sparked international alarm after three people travelling on »»»

Health personnel in hazmat suits assist patients onto a boat from the cruise ship MV Hondius off the port of Praia in Cape Verde. (AFP pic) MADRID: A cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will reach the Spanish island of Tenerife “within three days”, with the evacuation of passengers to s»»»

At least three people who had been onboard the MV Hondius cruise ship and contracted the hantavirus were evacuated by plane to Europe on Wednesday. While one of the two aircraft was forced to land in Spain’s Canary Islands due to a technical issue, the other later touched down in the Netherlands, w»»»

SCHIPHOL, Netherlands - A plane believed to be carrying a passenger from a cruise ship struck by the deadly hantavirus landed in the Netherlands on May 6 after patients were evacuated from the vessel off Cape Verde. Downplaying fears over the outbreak aboard the MV Hondius that has killed three peo»»»

The World Health Organization said the recent hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship should not cause alarm, stressing that the virus poses a low risk to the wider public. Health officials said the outbreak was far less contagious than Covid-19, and experts echoed that assessment, saying the c»»»

A plane believed to be carrying a passenger from a cruise ship struck by the deadly hantavirus landed in the Netherlands on Wednesday after patients were evacuated from the vessel off Cape Verde. Downplaying fears over the outbreak aboard the MV Hondius that has killed three people, World Health Or»»»

PRAIA, Cape Verde: Emergency crews on Wednesday evacuated three people from a cruise ship hit with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus, the UN’s health agency said, as experts confirmed it to be a rare strain that can be transmitted between humans. Two sick crew members and one other person who had bee»»»