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Hantavirus outbreak: Medical aircraft travelling to the Netherlands with all infected patients

All those infected with hantavirus from the MV Hondius cruise ship are being evacuated from Cabo Verde to the Netherlands aboard medical aircraft.

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00:00Three patients with suspected Hantavirus from the cruise ship MV Hondias are being evacuated to the Netherlands.
00:08Meanwhile, the ship which was docked in Cape Verde with all the remaining passengers is expected to arrive in Tenerife,
00:16Spain's Canary Islands, on Saturday.
00:19Una vez ha concluido la evacuación de todas las personas sintomáticas en Cabo Verde, el barco va a continuar rumbo
00:27a Canarias, donde espera arribar en el plazo de tres días al puerto secundario de Granadilla de Abona.
00:33Ossia added that once in Spain, all foreign citizens will be evacuated to their country of origin.
00:40The head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanam Ghebreyesus said that the overall public health risk remains low and
00:49that the disease is not like the COVID-19 pandemic.
00:53The WHO identified eight cases from the ship, including three deaths, one critically ill patient and three individuals with mild
01:02symptoms.
01:03Passengers began falling ill a month ago.
01:06A Dutch woman died in South Africa on April 26 after having left the cruise and taken a commercial flight
01:14following the death of her husband.
01:16Officials are now trying to trace people on that flight.
01:19The first symptoms included fever and gastrointestinal disorders, acute respiratory distress syndrome and shock.
01:27The rare disease is usually spread from infected rodents, typically through urine, droppings and saliva.
01:35The rare disease is usually spread from infected rodents, typically through urine, droppings and saliva.
01:36You
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