A cruise ship hit by the hantavirus outbreak arrives in Tenerife | Health Issues

A cruise ship collision is fatal hantavirus An explosion has occurred near the Port of Granadilla in Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius arrived in a Spanish port early Sunday, escorted by a Civil Guard ship, according to VesselFinder’s accurate sea data.

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The ship left on Wednesday for Tenerife from the coast of Cape Verde after the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union asked Spain to supervise the evacuation of passengers after the outbreak of hantavirus.

The WHO said on Friday that at least eight people on the ship had fallen ill, including three who had died – a Dutch family and a German citizen. Six of these people are confirmed to have been infected and two other cases are suspected, the WHO said.

All those on board the cruise ship appear to be at high risk as a precautionary measure, the European health agency said on Saturday as part of its scientific advice.

In Tenerife, the passengers will be tested by Spanish health officials to ensure they remain asymptomatic and then taken ashore in small boats, according to Spanish officials.

Private buses take passengers to the main airport on the island of Spain in about 10 minutes, where they can board their flights to their home countries.

The evacuation is expected to begin between 7:30am and 8:30am (06:30 and 07:00 GMT), according to Spanish officials.

The Spanish have to go down first with other countries to follow in the groups, the authorities said. Thirty crew members remain on board and will leave for the Netherlands, where the ship will be disinfected.

‘This is not another Covid’

Hantaviruses are usually transmitted by rodents but can rarely be transmitted from person to person.

Director General of WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived on Saturday evening in Tenerife with the interior and health ministers of Spain and his minister of regional affairs to coordinate the arrival of the ship.

He gave assurances to the people of Tenerife and thanked them for their cooperation.

“I want you to hear me well,” Tedros wrote in an open letter to the people of Tenerife on Saturday: “This is not another Covid.”

Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s head of epidemiology and preparedness and prevention, said that although everyone on the boat will be classified as “high risk”, the risk to civilians and the Canaries remains low.

In the city of Granadilla de Abona early Sunday, life seemed to be normal. Some people were swimming, others were shopping at the market or sitting in cafes.

“There are concerns that it could be dangerous, but to be honest, I don’t see people being too worried,” David Parada, a lottery salesman, told the AFP news agency.

Tracking and tracing around the world

The MV Hondius left Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1 for the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Verde.

Argentina’s health chief Juan Petrina said there is an “almost zero chance” the Dutch man linked to the outbreak contracted the disease in Ushuaia based on how long the virus has been growing, among other things.

Health officials in several countries have been tracking people who have already come down and anyone they have come in contact with.

A Dutch KLM flight attendant, who came into contact with an infected person on board and later showed symptoms, has tested negative for the hantavirus, the WHO said on Friday.

The passenger, who was the wife of the first person to die in the outbreak, had boarded a flight from Johannesburg to the Netherlands on April 25 but was evacuated before take-off. He died the next day in a Johannesburg hospital.

Spanish authorities say a woman on the plane will also be tested positive for the hantavirus after developing symptoms at home in eastern Spain. He is in isolation at the hospital, Secretary of State for Health Javier Padilla said.

Two Singaporeans aboard the ship have tested positive for the disease but will remain in self-isolation, officials said on Friday.

British health officials said on Friday that there is a suspected case in Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic, one of the most remote villages of about 220 people. The MV Hondius docked there on April 15.