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Hantavirus: How are countries responding to the cruise virus?

www.bbc.com·Sam Hancock·20 days ago
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Reuters Britons were taken to a hospital in Merseyside on Sunday, having been flown from Tenerife on a chartered flight The last passengers and some crew members have now left a Dutch cruise ship at the centre of an outbreak of hantavirus, after disembarking at Granadilla port in south-east Tenerife. Dozens of passengers from all over the world have been making their way home. Three people - a Dutch couple and a German woman - had died after travelling on the ship, with two of them confirmed to have had the virus. The WHO has so far reported nine cases in total, seven confirmed and two suspected. An American and a French national who had returned home have since tested positive, authorities said, while a Spaniard has a suspected case. Here's how countries are dealing with the virus: UK Twenty British nationals, one German national who lives in the UK and one Japanese passenger arrived at Arrowe Park Hospital in Merseyside, north-west England late on Sunday.…

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