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Passengers plead for clarity as virus-hit cruise remains stranded off Cape Verde

Passengers have been isolating in their cabins as health officials coordinate next steps. Emergency evacuations are being arranged for critically ill individuals, while the ship is expected to sail to Spain’s Canary Islands once conditions allow.

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00:00A passenger aboard the MV Hondias has made an emotional appeal from the quarantined cruise
00:05ship as it remains anchored off Kipvet following a deadly suspected antivirus outbreak. The
00:11vessel remains under strict monitoring after three passengers died and several others fell ill.
00:18I normally wouldn't make a video like this but I feel like I need to say something so I wrote
00:23a
00:23few things down. I am currently on board the MV Hondias and what's happening right now is very
00:30real for all of us here. We're not just a story. We're not just headlines. We're people. People
00:40with families, with lives, with people waiting for us at home. There's a lot of uncertainty and that's
00:50the hardest part. All we want right now is to feel safe, to have clarity, and to get home. So
01:01if
01:01you're seeing coverage about this, just remember that there are real people behind it and that this
01:08isn't something happening somewhere far away. It's happening to us right now. I'll share more when I
01:15can. But for now, I just ask for your kindness and understanding. Thank you. Passengers have been
01:21isolating in their cabins as health officials coordinated next steps. Emergency evacuations
01:27have been arranged for critically ill individuals while the ship is expected to sail to Spain's
01:32Canary Islands once conditions allow. For those still on board, however, the wait continues,
01:38marked by uncertainty, isolation, and a growing desire to return home.
01:43I don't know how to identify. I am a part of the ship. It's happening all the way out of
01:43the ship.
01:45In the meantime, I forget. I was seven days after the ship and the ship. I came to the ship
01:45and the ship
01:45were able to take care of my ship and the ship was as well. I think that you're the only
01:45ship? I don't know. That's very early in the ship. I have to be able to go through. I don't
01:45know that
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