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Hantavirus-hit cruise passengers to be chartered home from Spain
Key takeaways
- Eight people have been confirmed to have contracted hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship.
- Passengers will be taken from the MV Hondius to the port of Granadilla by smaller boats, as requested by the island's local authorities, and then moved to the island's main airport.
- Spain's civil protection and emergencies chief Virginia Barcones said the passengers would be transferred straight to the airport's runway by sealed-off buses, with drivers and emergency crews wearing protective gear.
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Eight people have been confirmed to have contracted hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship. Three have died. (Reuters: Dado Ruvic)
Link copied Share Share article. The cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak is due to arrive in Tenerife, the largest of Spain's Canary Islands, on Sunday, dropping anchor offshore rather than docking at port.
Passengers will be taken from the MV Hondius to the port of Granadilla by smaller boats, as requested by the island's local authorities, and then moved to the island's main airport.
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