The evacuation of passengers from the virus-stricken ship begins "Hanta"
The evacuation of passengers from For a cruise ship "MV Hondius" Infected with "Hanta", after its arrival today in Tenerife.
The Spanish authorities reported that no symptoms of infection with the virus appeared on any of the ship’s passengers, while 14 Spaniards, who formed the first group to be evacuated from the ship, were being transported by air to a hospital in Madrid.
Passengers evacuated
In turn, the French authorities evacuated five French passengers from the ship, as French Prime Minister Sebastien explained. Lecorno said that one of the five passengers showed symptoms during the return flight from Tenerife to Paris.
The authorities are scheduled to evacuate nationals of Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Ireland and the United States from the ship.
The Director-General of the World Health Organization said, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, during a press conference in Tenerife: "This outbreak is not another Covid-like pandemic, and the risk to the general public is low".
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