Hantavirus: Spain prepares to receive cruise ship

Spanish authorities are getting set to receive the MV Hondius, the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak. The WHO has confirmed six hantavirus cases linked to the ship so far.

• The US and UK will send planes to evacuate their citizens from the MV Hondius, which is headed for Tenerife, in Spain's Canary Islands
• The cruise ship is set to arrive in Tenerife early on Sunday morning
• No passengers with symptoms are left on the cruise ship, according to the cruise company
• 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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