Passengers are being evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship, which is anchored near the Canary Islands following a hantavirus outbreak. Authorities say the first group—Spanish nationals—comes ashore in Tenerife, the largest island in the Spanish archipelago. Personnel at the port escort passengers while wearing full-body protective gear and breathing masks. From the port, passengers are taken by military transport directly to airports. Spanish officials then evacuate them on a government or military aircraft to Madrid, where they arrive and are taken to a military hospital for quarantine. Reporting from multiple outlets also describes the use of strict isolation procedures and quarantine measures at the receiving hospital. Other passengers from additional countries are scheduled to leave on subsequent military or government flights. One account notes that a plane carrying French passengers lands in Paris after hours, and that at least one French passenger shows symptoms during the evacuation flight and is placed into strict isolation with testing plans. Authorities also state that no symptoms have been reported among the broader group of passengers as evacuation operations get underway. The evacuation effort is expected to continue for about a day.
Passengers evacuated from MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak begin flights to Madrid
Passengers are being evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship, which is anchored near the Canary Islands following a hantavirus outbreak. Authorities say the first group—Spanish nationals—comes ashor...
- MV Hondius is anchored off the Canary Islands while passengers are evacuated following a hantavirus outbreak.
- Spanish passengers are the first to disembark in Tenerife and are transported to Madrid by military/government flights.
- Passengers are taken to military facilities in Madrid for quarantine and isolation.
- Port staff and passengers use protective gear during disembarkation and transfer.
- Additional country groups, including French passengers, are evacuated on later flights as operations continue into Monday.
A military hospital in Madrid is quarantining 14 Spaniards who were removed from a cruise ship struck by a deadly outbreak of the illness on Sunday.
3 months agoTENERIFE, Canary Islands — Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship began flying home Sunday aboard military and government planes after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands, where travelers were escorted to shore by personnel in full-body protective gear and breathing masks. Spanish passengers were the first to leave the MV Hondius following its arrival in Tenerife, the largest island in the Spanish archipelago off the West African coast. They were then flown to Madrid and taken to a military hospital. Hours later, a plane that evacuated French passengers landed in Paris, where it was met by emergency vehicles. The planes arriving in Tenerife were to fly out passengers from more than 20 countries in an evacuation effort that was expected to last until Monday. One of the five French passengers developed symptoms on the flight, French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said in a statement, and all were put into strict isolation with plans to be tested. Earlier, officials from the Spanish Health Ministry, the World Health Organization and the cruise company Oceanwide E
3 months agoThe first passengers to be evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship now anchored off Spain's Canary Islands arrived Sunday afternoon in Madrid, where they were being taken to a military hospital.
3 months agoThe first plane carrying passengers from the cruise ship left Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday for Madrid, where they will be taken to a military hospital. None of the more than 140 people aboard has shown symptoms of the virus, according to authorities. Those disembarking and personnel working at the port in Tenerife were wearing protective gear during the evacuation.
3 months agoSpanish nationals were the first to leave the MV Hondius, which remains anchored off Tenerife, the largest island in the Spanish archipelago off West Africa's coast.
3 months agoThe first plane carrying passengers from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship left Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday for Madrid, where they will be taken to a military hospital.
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