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Spanish passengers allowed to leave ship after hantavirus ordeal

Timeslive · · 548 words · By Reuters Agency

Spanish authorities have begun evacuating passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship near Tenerife following a hantavirus outbreak. Passengers are being transported to their respective home countries for quarantine, while the ship will be sailed to the Netherlands for disinfection.

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“Spain said it had begun bringing Spanish passengers ashore from the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak which anchored near Tenerife on Sunday”
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The claim is reported by Dailydispatch and corroborated by multiple independent web search results (UN News and other news outlets) confirming the disembarkation of passengers from a hantavirus-hit ship near Tenerife on Sunday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Candelaria, also Villa Mariana de Candelaria, is a municipality and city in the eastern part of the island of Tenerife in the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, Spain. The city…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candelaria,_Tenerife
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tenerife ( TEN-ə-REEF-(ay); Spanish: [teneˈɾife] ; formerly spelled Teneriffe) is the largest and most-populous island of the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With a land area of 2,03…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 27 March 1977, two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on a runway at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North–Ciudad de La Laguna Airport) on the Spanish island of Tenerife, killing 583 people and in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_airport_disaster
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“Spanish nationals were the first to disembark in small boats in groups of five and be taken to shore, where they were transferred onto buses and taken to the local airport.”
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Three independent news sources (France24, Theherald, and Dailydispatch) report the exact same detail regarding Spanish nationals disembarking in groups of five via small boats to buses and the airport.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Spanish nationals were the first to disembark on small boats in groups of five and be taken to shore where they were transferred onto buses and taken to the local airport.
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260510-live-spanish-pas…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Spanish nationals were the first to disembark in small boats in groups of five and be taken to shore, where they were transferred onto buses and taken to the local airport.
https://www.theherald.co.za/news/2026-05-10-spanish-passenge…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Spanish nationals were the first to disembark in small boats in groups of five and be taken to shore, where they were transferred onto buses and taken to the local airport.
https://www.dailydispatch.co.za/news/2026-05-10-spanish-pass…
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“The passengers, who are not showing any symptoms of the virus, will board a flight to Madrid on a Spanish military aeroplane and be taken to hospital to be quarantined”
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“The luxury cruise ship left for Spain on Wednesday from the coast of Cape Verde after the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the EU asked the country to manage the evacuation of passengers after the hantavirus outbreak was detected.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alessio Sergio Fernando da Cruz (born 18 January 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Brazilian club Athletic. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Cape Verde n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Most transportation in Cape Verde is done by air. There are regular flights between the major islands (Santiago, Sal and São Vicente), with less frequent flights to the other islands. Boat transportat…
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“Countries including Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, the US, the UK and the Netherlands confirmed on Saturday they had sent aeroplanes to evacuate their citizens aboard”
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The claim is reported by both Theherald and Dailydispatch. Wikipedia results provided are general country descriptions and do not provide specific evidence for the evacuation.
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“The WHO said in an update on Friday that eight people no longer on the ship had fallen ill, including three who died — a Dutch couple and a German.”
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The claim is reported by Dailydispatch and corroborated by three independent web search results (Goulburn Post and others) citing the WHO's Friday update regarding eight ill people and three deaths.
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“Of the eight, six are confirmed to have contracted the virus, with another two suspected cases.”
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The specific breakdown of six confirmed and two suspected cases is reported by both Theherald and Dailydispatch, and further supported by web search results.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Of the eight, six are confirmed to have contracted the virus, with another two suspected cases.
https://www.theherald.co.za/news/2026-05-10-spanish-passenge…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Of the eight, six are confirmed to have contracted the virus, with another two suspected cases.
https://www.dailydispatch.co.za/news/2026-05-10-spanish-pass…
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“All passengers on the MV Hondius are considered high-risk contacts as a precautionary measure, Europe’s public health agency said late on Saturday”
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Three independent sources (Theherald, Dailydispatch, and CNBC) confirm that Europe's public health agency designated all MV Hondius passengers as high-risk contacts.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — All passengers on the MV Hondius are considered high-risk contacts as a precautionary measure, Europe’s public health agency said late on Saturday
https://www.theherald.co.za/news/2026-05-10-spanish-passenge…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — All passengers on the MV Hondius are considered high-risk contacts as a precautionary measure, Europe’s public health agency said late on Saturday
https://www.dailydispatch.co.za/news/2026-05-10-spanish-pass…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — All passengers on the luxury cruise ship MV Hondius are considered high-risk contacts as a precautionary measure, Europe's public health agency said late on Saturday
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/10/cruise-ship-hit-by-hantaviru…
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“The WHO has recommended a 42-day quarantine period for passengers aboard the ship starting from Sunday.”
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The claim regarding the 42-day quarantine recommendation by the WHO is reported by both Dailydispatch and Theherald.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The WHO has recommended a 42-day quarantine period for passengers aboard the ship starting from Sunday.
https://www.dailydispatch.co.za/news/2026-05-10-spanish-pass…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The WHO has recommended a 42-day quarantine period for passengers aboard the ship starting from Sunday.
https://www.theherald.co.za/news/2026-05-10-spanish-passenge…
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“There are more than 500 cruise ships a year that come from Argentina and Chile, which is home to the virus, and yet an outbreak of this illness has never happened in European territory”
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of OVER is across a barrier or intervening space; specifically : across the goal line in football. How to use over in a sentence.
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web search NEUTRAL — OVER definition: 1. above or higher than something else, sometimes so that one thing covers the other; above: 2. in…. Learn more.
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“Hantavirus is usually spread by rodents but can in rare cases be transmitted person-to-person.”
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“According to the information provided by the experts who boarded the ship... they have not detected rodents”
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“Passengers from the Netherlands will be the next group to leave the vessel, and their aeroplane will also transport passengers from Germany, Belgium and Greece, Spanish health minister Monica Garcia said on Sunday.”
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“After that, passengers from Turkey, France, the UK and the US will be evacuated”
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“The final flight of the operation is departing from Australia... and is scheduled to arrive tomorrow afternoon [Monday], Garcia said, adding that the final flight would pick up six people from Australia, New Zealand and other Asian countries.”
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“Thirty crew members will remain on board and sail to the Netherlands, where the ship will be disinfected.”
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