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Updated · KSTP · May 5
MV Hondius evacuates three people from Cape Verde after suspected hantavirus outbreak
Updated
Updated · KSTP · May 5

MV Hondius evacuates three people from Cape Verde after suspected hantavirus outbreak

10 articles · Updated · KSTP · May 5
  • Oceanwide said two aircraft were flying to Cape Verde to take two urgent cases and a companion of a German woman who died to the Netherlands.
  • WHO says seven cases are linked to the Dutch-flagged ship: three deaths, one critically ill passenger already evacuated, and three people on board with mild symptoms.
  • Passengers are isolating in cabins as the vessel waits offshore with nearly 150 people aboard and plans to sail to Spain's Canary Islands after the evacuation.
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