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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The first plane carrying passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius has departed from Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands for Madrid, where evacuees will be taken to a military hospital.
Spanish nationals were the first to leave the Dutch-flagged vessel, which remains anchored off Tenerife after arriving earlier on Sunday. They will undergo quarantine upon arrival in Madrid, Spanish health authorities said. Only Spanish citizens will be quarantined within the country.
The cruise operator Oceanwide Expeditions listed 13 Spanish passengers and one Spanish crew member on board.
Authorities confirmed that none of the more than 140 people on the ship are currently showing symptoms. Spain’s Health Ministry, the World Health Organization (World Health Organization), and the cruise company all said passengers are being treated as high-risk contacts as a precaution.
Describing the operation, public health expert Quique Bassat Orellana of the Barcelona Institute of Global Health said, as quoted by Al Jazeera, “The principal challenge is reassuring the population and the politicians that this is an extraordinary situation but a routine procedure in terms of guaranteeing the health of individuals who have been in contact with the disease.”
He added, “There is nothing extraordinary except the magnitude of the operation because it involves a large number of individuals from a large number of countries from all over the world.”
Evacuation will continue in phases, with Dutch passengers next, followed by travelers from Germany, Belgium, Greece, Türkiye, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and later Australia, New Zealand, and several Asian countries. Officials said the final evacuation flight, carrying six passengers from Australia, New Zealand, and Asia, is expected to arrive the following day.
After all passengers disembark, around 30 crew members will remain on board and sail the ship back to the Netherlands for full disinfection.
A WHO report on Friday said at least eight people aboard the vessel had fallen ill, including three deaths — a Dutch couple and a German national. Six cases have been confirmed as hantavirus infections, while two remain suspected.
Hantavirus is a group of viruses transmitted to humans through contact with infected rodents and can cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), both of which can be severe or fatal.
The outbreak was first detected while the Dutch-flagged cruise ship was sailing from Argentina to Cape Verde.
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