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The 'MV Hondius' cruise damaged by the hantvirus will dock on Saturday in the Canary Islands
The 14 Spaniards on board will be taken to a hospital in Madrid for a medical examination.
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The Hantabirus-infected cruise bound for Tenerife
The Gran Canaria airport is yesterday one of the medicalized aircraft carrying two infected people on board the plane from Cape Verde to the Netherlands. The stopover was not planned in the Canary Islands but in Morocco, but Morocco did not allow it to stop there.
The outbreak of inflammation
The cruise will arrive in the Canary Islands this weekend.
Eight people are infected. Three people have died.
A medical breakdown forced a medicalized plane to stop in Gran Canaria, which evacuated two people from the cruise.
06:19 07/05/2026
The Ministry of Health stresses that all measures to ensure public health will be taken
The Spanish Ministry of Health hopes that the Spaniards on board will "wish to receive the best possible medical care" upon their return to Spain and has stressed that "in any event, the Government will take the necessary legal measures to ensure public health". In statements to the media by the Minister of Defence, Margarita Robles, sources oftheMinistry of Health have indicated that the quarantine of the military hospital Gómez Ulla will be voluntary.
The above-mentioned Health Sources hope that "these persons and their families will be protected, cared for and provided with the best possible medical care." And add that, in any event, "the Government will take the necessary legal measures to ensure public health with all the legal instruments at its disposal.
15:11 06/05/2026
The MV Hondius cruise damaged by the hantvirus will dock on Saturday in the Canary Islands
13:15 06/05/2026
A health breakdown forced a medicalized plane carrying two patients to stop in Gran Canaria
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WHO has confirmed that three suspected passengers with inflammation have already been evacuated and are on their way to the Netherlands
The ship's doctor will not finally be transferred to the Canary Islands after improving his state of health. The Director-General of the World Health Organization has stressed that the general risk to public health "remains low".
12:32 06/05/2026
The outbreak of inflammation on the cruise ship belongs to a strain that can be transmitted to humans.
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The inflammation of the Atlantic cruise belongs to a strain that can be transmitted to humans
The outbreak on board the MV Hondius has resulted in three deaths, and according to a laboratory working with the WHO, it belongs to the Andes strain.
06:19 07/05/2026
What is inflammation?
THE HANTIRUS OF THE CROSS
What is inflammation, a virus transmitted by rodents that can cause serious illnesses?
An outbreak on a ship that departed from Ushuaia has left several dead and has once again drawn attention to this zoonotic disease.
11:08 06/05/2026
Clavijo, who doesn't want the hantirus infectious cruise to stop in the Canary Islands, has called for an urgent meeting with Sanchez.
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Clavijo, who doesn't want the hantirus infectious cruise to stop in the Canary Islands, has called for an urgent meeting with Sanchez
The President of the Canary Islands questions the decision of the Spanish Government to freeze the ship and requests immediate explanations on the change of protocol in the health management of the case.
06:26 05/05/2026
The Spanish Government has authorised the docking in the Canary Islands of the Hantirus cruise ship, where the doctor in distress will be treated.
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The Spanish Government has authorized the docking of an inflammatory cruise ship in the Canary Islands and the care of a doctor in distress
There are 147 people on board and three have died. He is in Cape Verde and is expected to arrive in three or four days' time in the archipelago, where he will be treated by a doctor in serious condition.
21:30 04/05/2026
Three people have died, presumably from inflammation, on a cruise ship.
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Three dead and one sick, presumably from inflammation on a cruise
The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that "the risk of infection remains low" and that "there is no cause for disturbance".
