"They will arrive at a completely isolated, cordoned-off area. said Virginia Barcones, Spain's head of emergency services, on Thursday."
"At least three passengers have died, and several other people are sick. The World Health Organization considers the risk to the wider public from the outbreak as low, and on Friday, confirmed that a flight attendant on a plane briefly boarded by an infected cruise passenger had tested negative for hantavirus. Her possible infection had raised concerns about the virus's potential transmissibility."
"Hantavirus is usually spread by the inhalation of contaminated rodent droppings and isn't easily transmitted between people. Symptoms usually show between one and eight weeks after exposure. None of the remaining passengers or crew on the ship is currently symptomatic, the Netherlands-based Oceanwide Expeditions cruise ship company said Thursday."
"The United States has agreed to send a plane to the Canary Islands to repatriate its 17 citizens from the cruise ship, Barcones said. The British government also said it will charter a plane to evacuate the nearly two dozen British citizens onboard."
A Dutch-flagged cruise ship carrying more than 140 passengers and crew is heading to the Canary Islands after a hantavirus outbreak. Spanish emergency services plan to receive the vessel at a completely isolated, cordoned-off area in Tenerife. The ship is expected to arrive on Saturday or Sunday. At least three passengers have died and several others are sick, while none of the remaining passengers or crew are currently symptomatic. The World Health Organization considers the risk to the wider public low and reported a flight attendant who briefly boarded a plane with an infected cruise passenger tested negative. The United States and the British government will send planes to repatriate their citizens. Health authorities across multiple continents are tracking passengers who disembarked before the outbreak.
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