How operation to disembark passengers on virus-hit cruise will work
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“Virus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius is set to arrive in Tenerife on Sunday”
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There is a contradiction regarding the arrival day. The claim states the ship is set to arrive on Sunday, but Sky News explicitly states it is expected to arrive on Saturday.
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— How hantavirus locked down this cruise ship — indefinitely | About That. Weeks ago, passengers on a luxury Antarctic cruise began showing symptoms of the Andes strain of hantavirus, which can be life-…
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/2252152/contact-trac…
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/2252152/contact-trac…
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— The MV Hondius cruise ship is now on its way to Spain, where it is expected to arrive on Saturday. Track it in the stream below. Meanwhile, health authorities around the world are continuing to try to…
https://news.sky.com/story/three-dead-as-virus-breaks-out-on…
https://news.sky.com/story/three-dead-as-virus-breaks-out-on…
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— A drone view of the cruise ship MV Hondius, carrying passengers suspected of having cases of hantavirus on board, leaves Praia, Cape Verde, May 6, 2026.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/world/hantavirus-ship-tenerif…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/world/hantavirus-ship-tenerif…
“after being anchored for three days near Cape Verde”
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Multiple independent sources (BBC News, The Mirror, and other web results) consistently report that the MV Hondius was anchored for three days near Cape Verde.
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— The MV Hondius is now sailing towards Spain's Canary Islands after being anchored for three days near Cape Verde, an archipelago nation off the West African coast. The three evacuees were British, Dut…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y093d5n9ko
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y093d5n9ko
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— The MV Hondius is now sailing towards Spain's Canary Islands after being anchored for three days near Cape Verde, an archipelago nation off the West African coast. The three evacuees were British, Dut…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y093d5n9ko
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y093d5n9ko
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— After being anchored for three days near Cape Verde, the MV Hondius is sailing to the Canary Islands where it is expected to dock towards the end of the week. However, it was for a time uncertain, wit…
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/hondius-hantavirus-…
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/hondius-hantavirus-…
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“the World Health Organization said the hantavirus outbreak on board was not the start of a pandemic”
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Three independent sources (The Guardian, AOL, and another web result) confirm that the WHO stated the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship was not the start of a pandemic/epidemic.
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— An epidemiologist from the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday that the suspected hantavirus cluster aboard a cruise ship is not the beginning of another COVID-19 pandemic. Eight cases are c…
https://www.aol.com/articles/not-start-covid-pandemic-says-1…
https://www.aol.com/articles/not-start-covid-pandemic-says-1…
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— Experts from the World Health Organization said at a press briefing on Thursday that the wider public health threat from the hantavirus outbreak linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius remained low.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2026/may/07/who-hant…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2026/may/07/who-hant…
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— The World Health Organization insisted on Thursday that a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic did not mark the beginning of a Covid-like crisis. “This is not the start of an ep…
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3352806/who-s…
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3352806/who-s…
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