GENEVA/MADRID - A luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak and marooned since Sunday off the coast of Cape Verde left for Spain on Wednesday, one witness said, after three people, two of them seriously ill, were evacuated. The MV Hondius, with nearly 150 people on board, is expected to dock in Spain's Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, within three days, Spain's Health Minister Monica Garcia said, adding that those still on board were not presenting any symptoms of the disease.Once in Tenerife, if they are still healthy, all non-Spanish citizens will be repatriated to their countries, Garcia told a news conference in Madrid. The 14 Spanish passengers will be quarantined in a military hospital in Madrid, she said. The duration of the quarantine will depend on when they potentially had contact with the virus, she said, adding that it has a 45-day incubation period.Three people — a Dutch couple and a German national — have died in the outbreak.
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads to Spain after three people evacuated
GENEVA/MADRID - A luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak and marooned since Sunday off the coast of Cape Verde left for Spain on Wednesday, one witness said, after three people, two of them seriously ill, were evacuated. The MV Hondius, with nearly 150 people on board, is expected to
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