00:00The last six passengers and around 19 crew members evacuated from a Hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrived in the Netherlands
00:08early Tuesday.
00:09Two flights departed the Spanish island of Tenerife late Monday, with those on board set to undergo quarantine before returning
00:16to their home countries.
00:18The Hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondias is en route from Tenerife to Rotterdam for disinfection, with 25 crew members
00:26and two medical staff still on board.
00:29Authorities said 94 people have been evacuated and repatriated since the outbreak began, 41 days after the vessel departed southern
00:37Argentina and nine days after the first positive Hantavirus case was detected.
00:42A Dutch couple and a German national have died in the outbreak involving the virus, which is commonly spread by
00:49rodents but can rarely be transmitted between people through close contact.
00:59The Worldwide
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