{"id":946247,"date":"2026-05-08T14:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/946247\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T14:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:38:18","slug":"hantavirus-cruise-ship-race-to-trace-passengers-who-disembarked-before-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/946247\/","title":{"rendered":"Hantavirus cruise ship: race to trace passengers who disembarked before outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The MV Hondius is expected to dock in Spain&#8217;s Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, by Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">All in, 146 people from 23 countries remain on the MV Hondius as it sails to the Canary Islands, where they will be medically assessed before being able to travel home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Spanish authorities agreed to the move, but the Canary Islands&#8217; president has opposed the plan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I cannot allow [the boat] to enter the Canaries,&#8221; Fernando Clavijo told Spain&#8217;s Onda Cero radio. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This decision is not based on any technical criteria and nor have we been given enough information.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Once in Tenerife, if they are still healthy, all non-Spanish citizens will be repatriated to their countries, while 14 Spanish passengers will be quarantined in a military hospital in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">People in Tenerife told the BBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/videos\/c4g8pexx029o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that they are concerned about the ship&#8217;s arrival<\/a> and that residents &#8220;could end up with a problem on the island&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a good idea&#8230; but people do need help&#8221;, said one of the residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The MV Hondius is expected to dock in Spain&#8217;s Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, by Saturday. All in,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":946248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[105,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-946247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116539471161657604","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}