00:00Department of Migrant Workers Secretary Leo Kakdak says 24 of the 38 Filipino crew members of the Hantavirus-stricken MV
00:07Hondius will head to the Netherlands for a 42-day quarantine.
00:11Kakdak says four of them disembarked at the Canary Islands May 10, while the remaining 20 will disembark on May
00:1711.
00:17These 24 crew members held stewardship positions on the ship.
00:21The remaining 14 Filipino members are assigned to the deck and engine and will sail to the port of Rotterdam
00:26to be quarantined after.
00:27The DMW is preparing for their return to the Philippines after testing in the Netherlands.
00:32Meantime, Health Secretary Teodoro Erbosa notes additional testing upon the seafarers' arrival is unnecessary since they've been quarantined.
00:40World Health Organization Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus affirms another pandemic from Hantavirus is unlikely based on assessments.
00:47Ghebreyesus says this is not another COVID and the risk to the public is low.
00:51Everyone shouldn't be scared and they shouldn't panic.
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