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US sending plane for Americans on hantavirus cruise ship
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- The U.S. will send a charter flight to bring home the remaining 17 Americans who are onboard the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship once it docks off the coast of Spain this weekend.
- We are in direct communication with Americans on board and are prepared to provide consular assistance as soon as the ship arrives in Tenerife, Spain, the spokesperson said.
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The U.S. will send a charter flight to bring home the remaining 17 Americans who are onboard the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship once it docks off the coast of Spain this weekend.
The State Department is arranging a repatriation flight in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Health and Human Services and the government of Spain, a State Department spokesperson said.
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