The MV Hondius, a luxury cruise ship, was marooned off the coast of Cape Verde after an outbreak of the lethal hantavirus. Health officials will evacuate more than 140 passengers and crew members still on board. Countries worldwide are scrambling to trace passengers who disembarked from the ship at St Helena, who may have unwittingly spread the deadly virus back home.
The luxury cruise ship MV Hondius, struck by a fatal rat-borne disease , is heading towards the Spanish island of Tenerife. Health officials will evacuate more than 140 passengers and crew members still on board.
Countries worldwide are scrambling to trace passengers who disembarked from the ship at St Helena, who may have unwittingly spread the deadly virus back home. Five cases have been confirmed, including three deaths. The rare Andes strain of hantavirus, spreadable between humans, has been identified in passengers evacuated from the vessel. The World Health Organisation (WHO) is in touch with officials in at least 12 countries to urgently monitor citizens that returned home.
Three British nationals have suspected hantavirus, including a former passenger on the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha. Civil Guard officers and local policemen prepare the command post set up at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife Island, during preparations for the arrival of the cruise ship MV Hondius. Health workers in protective gear evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship into an ambulance at a port in Praia, Cape Verde.
Spain says officials are in advanced talks with the British government to send a repatriation flight for the remaining UK nationals on the vessel
Cruise Ship Rat-Borne Disease Hantavirus Evacuation St Helena Tenerife Island South Atlantic Island Tristan Da Cunha South Africa South America World Health Organisation British Nationals Civil Guard Officers Health Workers Repatriation Flight
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