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Spanish Islands Refuse To Take Hantavirus Ship, As Latest Patient Arrives in Hospital
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Spanish Islands Refuse To Take Hantavirus Ship, As Latest Patient Arrives in Hospital

TIME·Callum Sutherland·28 days ago
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The president of the Canary Islands has said he will not allow passengers from a cruise ship currently experiencing a deadly hantavirus outbreak to disembark on the Spanish-owned archipelago, pushing back on plans announced by the country’s prime minister to allow the boat to dock.  Fernando Clavijo, the leader for the islands that sit just over 60 miles off the Moroccan coast, said Wednesday that he would not “blindly endanger the safety of the Canary Islands population” by letting crew and passengers onboard the MV Hondius to receive medical examinations should the cruise ship dock.  The outbreak of the rodent-borne virus on the cruise ship, which has 149 people onboard, has so far resulted in eight patients infected by the virus, three of whom have been confirmed by lab testing, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday. Three people have died after contracting the disease.…

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