Stories from Tenerife · Spain

Individuals potentially exposed to hantavirus are scheduled to disembark this Sunday at 7 AM in Canary.

Hondius is expected to arrive at the Spanish island of Tenerife tomorrow morning.

A Hanta-virus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius has prompted an evacuation plan. The Spanish government announced that Germany, France, Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands are sending planes to Tenerife for the evacuation. The MV Hondius is currently en route from Cape Verde to the Canary Islands. The World Health Organization is also cited as a source of information regarding the situation. Spanish authorities have declared that the virus, previously reported as an outbreak by German stations, is not considered a threat.

A Swiss individual on a cruise ship is considered a contact case for contamination, according to SRF. The person is currently asymptomatic and remains aboard the vessel, doing well, as stated by the director of the Federal Office of Public Health.

Ministries have confirmed that a Concorde aircraft is scheduled to land in Tenerife tomorrow.

The World Health Organization has characterized all individuals on board a Concorde aircraft, which appeared at Handae, as high-risk contacts requiring 42 days of monitoring.

14 Spanish passengers from the Red Sea 4 cruise ship are expected to be transferred by military plane to Madrid. Passengers on the Hantavirus-infected cruise ship will be brought to dry land in sealed conditions. The Italian Health Ministry has activated a monitoring procedure for four passengers. This action follows their contact with a woman who was infected with the 'Johannesburg virus' and subsequently died from the flu. These passengers will be sent to France, Germany, Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands. The Hantavirus-infected cruise ship, identified as the Ondius, is reported to be hours away from arriving in Tenerife, Canary Islands. One passenger from the Hantavirus cruise ship refused testing, citing no family in Portugal. Approximately 100 people were collected by boats through the port.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez declared that welcoming passengers is a moral duty, anticipating a large-scale disinfection operation in Tenerife, Canary Islands. The operation is described as extensive.

The leader of the World Health Organization (WHO) has dismissed the scenario of a new COVID-like pandemic in response to an antivirus outbreak.

Spain has prohibited navigation within one nautical mile of the Ondius ship.