00:02The cruise ship hit by a deadly Hantavirus outbreak is now heading for Spain's Canary Islands as health officials race
00:10to contain the spread.
00:12Authorities in the Canary Islands are preparing a fully isolated evacuation zone for the roughly 140 passengers and crew still
00:20on board the MV Hondias.
00:22The expedition cruise ship is expected to arrive in Tenerife by the end of the weekend.
00:27U.S. officials are sending a charter flight to bring 17 Americans home, while the U.K. is arranging a
00:33separate flight for about 20 British passengers.
00:37The outbreak has killed at least three people. Several other cases have also been confirmed.
00:42The ship had been sailing near the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena when passengers first started reporting flu
00:49-like symptoms.
00:50The World Health Organization says the risk to the general public remains low because Hantavirus is typically spread through contact
00:57with infected rodent droppings or urine, and human-to-human spread is considered rare.
01:03But the biggest concern now is tracking people down who already left the ship.
01:08About 30 passengers from more than a dozen countries disembarked two weeks ago before the outbreak was confirmed.
01:14Now, health officials around the world are working to identify those passengers and anyone they may have been in contact
01:21with.
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