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MV Hondius Evacuation in Canary Islands

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The evacuation of passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship, experiencing a hantavirus outbreak, is nearing completion in the Canary Islands. Passengers are undergoing health assessments and repatriation efforts.

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Hantavirus Ship Evacuation Nears Completion in Canary Islands; 3 Dead

- A complex operation to repatriate 94 passengers from the cruise ship MV Hondius, struck by a hantavirus outbreak, neared completion in Spain's Canary Islands. - Three passengers, a Dutch couple and a German woman, died from the rare disease, which is endemic in Argentina. - Health officials stated the risk to global public health is low, and the evacuation involved people of 19 different nationaโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh/English

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- A cruise ship, the MV Hondius, carrying nearly 150 people is en route to Spain's Canary Islands following a deadly hantavirus outbreak. - Three passengers have died, and others are sick with the rarโ€ฆ