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Cruise ship outbreak
Cruise hantavirus outbreak: where it may have started and spread
Investigators have not identified the first exposure, but scrutiny has centered on travel in southern South America as passengers from the MV Hondius are evacuated and monitored worldwide
Cruise ship outbreak
Spain readies isolated evacuations for hantavirus cruise ship
The MV Hondius is expected in Tenerife this weekend with more than 140 people aboard after three deaths and a widening international contact-tracing effort
Cruise outbreak
Three evacuated from MV Hondius as Spain says ship will dock in Tenerife
The WHO said the suspected patients are being sent to the Netherlands, while Spain says the ship will reach Granadilla within three days despite objections from Canary Islands leaders
Cruise outbreak
MV Hondius to sail to Canary Islands after deadly hantavirus outbreak
Spain says the cruise ship is expected within days as officials arrange urgent evacuations and assess where the remaining passengers can disembark