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Passengers from Hantavirus cruise ship enter isolation facility in Wirral

The Guardian · May 11, 2026, 8:06 AM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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Twenty people from MV Hondius cruise spend first day living in self-contained flats in Merseyside Passengers evacuated to the UK from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak are spending their first day at an isolation facility after being repatriated from Tenerife.A chartered Titan Airways flight transported the MV Hondius passengers from the Canary Islands to Manchester airport on Sunday evening. The evacuation of passengers of all nationalities will be completed on Monday, with flights arriving from Australia and the Netherlands, Spain’s health minister has said. Continue reading...

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