MV Hondius evacuees are sent to the Netherlands after hantavirus cluster
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Updated · abcnews.com · May 6
MV Hondius evacuees are sent to the Netherlands after hantavirus cluster
15 articles · Updated · abcnews.com · May 6
WHO said three people were removed off Cape Verde, while suspected cases rose to eight, with three laboratory-confirmed and a Swiss passenger also confirmed infected after leaving the ship.
The patients were due to travel by medevac flight to the Netherlands after plans to split transfers between Tenerife and the Netherlands were changed; WHO said the overall public health risk remains low.
Three reported cases have died, including a Dutch married couple, and the Canary Islands' regional leader opposed allowing the ship to dock at Tenerife as Spanish authorities prepared further investigations.
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