Hantavirus: Spain readies to receive cruise ship

Spanish authorities are readying to receive the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak. The WHO has confirmed six hantavirus cases linked to the ship so far.

• US and UK will send planes to evacuate their citizens from the MV Hondius, which is headed for Tenerife, in Spain’s Canary Islands.
• No passengers with symptoms are left on the cruise ship, according to the cruise sompny.
• Some passengers disembarked from the ship before the infection was reported and countries around the world have raced to trace them and people they came into contact with.
• The WHO anticipates that more cases might emerge but still deems the overall risk as low and dissimilar to COVID-19.

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