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Hantavirus: How is the outbreak being contained as passengers return?

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Passengers evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship are returning to their home countries, some with symptoms, many without. What happens to these people and what is being done to contain the spread?

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Mon 00:12 - Fox News

Cruise ship outbreak leaves 3 dead as officials delay medical evacuations and probe hantavirus threat

Tue 09:07 - France 24

Evacuations planned as suspected hantavirus outbreak traps 150 on cruise ship

Tue 19:54 - The Telegraph

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Tue 21:54 - France 24

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship to arrive in Canary Islands in 'three to four days'

Tue 22:11 - NYT Europe

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Wed 03:19 - Al Jazeera English

Spain agrees to let hantavirus-hit cruise ship dock in Canary Islands

Wed 08:42 - Euronews

'We don't know what we're dealing with': Canary Islands reject hantavirus cruise ship

Wed 09:40 - France 24

Evacuation of three people from hantavirus-hit cruise ship 'ongoing': WHO

Wed 10:04 - France 24

Live: Hantavirus-infected patient hospitalised in Zurich as three more 'evacuated' from cruise ship

Wed 10:11 - DW All

Hantavirus: Canary Islands objects to docking of cruise ship

Wed 10:11 - DW Top

Hantavirus: Canary Islands objects to docking of cruise ship

Wed 10:11 - DW All

Hantavirus: American CDC says risk to public 'very low'

Wed 10:11 - DW Top

Hantavirus: American CDC says risk to public 'very low'

Wed 10:14 - France 24

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads to Spain to dock in Canary Islands

Wed 11:45 - Süddeutsche Zeitung Top

Medicine: The most important questions and answers about the hantavirus

Wed 11:46 - France 24

Hantavirus: Latest updates on the ongoing outbreak aboard the MV Hondius

Wed 12:00 - UN News All

Hantavirus outbreak: Another passenger contracts disease

Wed 12:05 - Fox News

Swiss man tests positive for hantavirus after returning from cruise linked to deadly outbreak

Wed 13:42 - Fox News

Doctor warns 'terrifying' cruise virus can be mistaken for flu before turning deadly

Wed 15:22 - France 24

3 patients are being evacuated to Europe from ship with hantavirus outbreak

Wed 16:24 - Financial Times

Spain to repatriate 150 passengers from cruise hit by rat-borne virus

Wed 16:52 - ANSA Top News

Hantavirus, the Ministry of Health alerts border offices

Wed 16:56 - Le Monde

Hantavirus: many unknowns around an “unprecedented and worrying” health event; the WHO wants to reassure about the pandemic risk

Wed 17:01 - Fox News

Argentina investigators zero in on possible origin point of hantavirus in deadly cruise outbreak

Wed 21:38 - ANSA Top News

Hantavirus, evacuation of passengers from outbreak ship will begin on May 11th

Wed 21:38 - ANSA Mondo

Hantavirus, evacuation of passengers from outbreak ship will begin on May 11th

Wed 21:43 - Sky News (UK)

British ex-police officer evacuated from cruise ship isolating in hospital with hantavirus

Wed 22:12 - Al Jazeera English

Argentina investigates link to deadly hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

Wed 22:12 - Al Jazeera

Argentina investigates link to deadly hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

Thu 00:20 - NYT Europe

Health Authorities Monitor Hantavirus Cruise Passengers in United States

Thu 02:33 - La Repubblica (IT)

Hantavirus, the dead Dutch spouses had traveled between Chile, Uruguay and Argentina

Thu 03:55 - BBC Europe

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship leaves Cape Verde after three evacuated

Thu 04:35 - BBC Headlines

Two Britons self-isolating in UK after leaving hantavirus cruise ship early

Thu 05:43 - NRK (NO)

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Thu 07:09 - La Libre (BE)

Hantavirus: the ship heading to the Canaries, “For now, the risk for the rest of the world is low”

Thu 08:15 - Aftenposten (NO)

Flight attendant in hospital with possible hantavirus infection

Thu 08:37 - La Libre (BE)

Hantavirus: a flight attendant hospitalized in the Netherlands after a risky contact

Thu 09:31 - ANSA Top News

Hantavirus, 'test for KLM flight attendant, he has mild symptoms'

Thu 09:31 - ANSA Mondo

Hantavirus, 'test for KLM flight attendant, he has mild symptoms'

Thu 09:36 - France 24

Cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak heads to Spain's Canary Islands after 3 are evacuated

Thu 09:38 - France 24

Argentina probes link to deadly hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise

Thu 09:39 - France 24

What to know about hantavirus, the illness linked to a cruise ship outbreak

Thu 10:08 - La Libre (BE)

Hantavirus: “No one has symptoms on board anymore”

Thu 10:11 - Die Welt

More guests than expected left the Hantavirus ship - flight attendant in hospital with symptoms

Thu 10:30 - DW All

Hantavirus: Cruise company says no sympomatic guests on ship

Thu 10:30 - DW Top

Hantavirus: Cruise company says no sympomatic guests on ship

Thu 10:31 - ANSA Top News

Operator, 'no individuals with hantavirus symptoms on the cruise'

Thu 10:36 - ANSA Mondo

Operator, 'no individuals with hantavirus symptoms on the cruise'

Thu 10:58 - Die Zeit Newsfeed

Hantavirus: At least 29 passengers left the “MS Hondius” after the virus outbreak

Thu 10:58 - El Pais

Breaking news on the Hantavirus outbreak, live | The cruise company raises to 30 the number of passengers on the ship who got off before the outbreak was detected

Thu 11:00 - HLN (BE)

Now that a flight attendant is also in hospital quarantine: is hantavirus more contagious than thought? Virologist Marc Van Ranst explains

Thu 11:03 - DW All

Hantavirus: Cruise company says no symptomatic guests on ship

Thu 11:03 - DW Top

Hantavirus: Cruise company says no symptomatic guests on ship

Thu 11:03 - DW All

Hantavirus: WHO assesses public health risk as low

Thu 11:03 - DW Top

Hantavirus: WHO assesses public health risk as low

Thu 12:00 - UN News Global

Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship not ‘another COVID’, WHO says

Thu 12:00 - UN News All

Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship not ‘another COVID’, WHO says

Thu 13:41 - ANSA Main

Hantavirus, the ship bound for the Canary Islands. 'All the infected have already disembarked'

Thu 13:54 - Euronews

Deadly hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship - everything you need to know in under 3 minutes

Thu 14:12 - Euronews

EU steps up coordination on hantavirus but insists risks for citizens are 'low'

Thu 15:00 - Euronews

Tenerife locals 'concerned but calm' as hantavirus-hit cruise ship approaches

Thu 16:53 - ANSA Mondo

Chile excludes that the MV Hondius hantavirus infection occurred in the country

Thu 21:25 - Al Jazeera English

Tenerife resort town awaits hantavirus-hit cruise ship

Fri 03:30 - El Pais

Unprecedented anchoring in Tenerife, boats and negotiations with 22 countries: the difficult return home for the passengers of the hantavirus cruise

Fri 06:03 - BBC Headlines

Third British national has suspected hantavirus infection, government says

Fri 09:08 - Al Jazeera English

UK identifies new suspected hantavirus case on remote island

Fri 09:16 - France 24

More hantavirus cases possible after cruise ship outbreak, says World Health Organisation

Fri 10:00 - Fox News

DR MARC SIEGEL: Hantavirus cruise outbreak is alarming but fear is spreading faster than facts

Fri 11:04 - Euronews

Hantavirus outbreak: what you need to know about virus risks at sea

Fri 11:59 - The Hill

Trump on Hantavirus: 'It's very much we hope under control'

Fri 12:00 - UN News All

Wider hantavirus outbreak risk is ‘absolutely low’, insists UN health agency

Fri 12:00 - France 24

Hantavirus outbreak risk to public is 'absolutely low', WHO says

Fri 14:17 - Financial Times

UK grapples with fallout from deadly hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

Fri 14:27 - The Telegraph

Blindsided: Why there are no vaccines or treatments for hantavirus

Fri 15:51 - The Hill

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Fri 15:54 - DW All

Hantavirus: US plans evacuation flight for American cruise passengers

Fri 15:54 - DW Top

Hantavirus: US plans evacuation flight for American cruise passengers

Fri 15:54 - DW All

Hantavirus: Spain readies to receive cruise ship

Fri 15:54 - DW Top

Hantavirus: Spain readies to receive cruise ship

Fri 16:00 - HLN (BE)

“How much should we worry about the hantavirus? Corona learned: Marc Van Ranst is our canary in the coal mine”

Fri 18:56 - Al Jazeera English

Protests in the Canary Islands as virus-stricken ship heads for port

Fri 19:40 - NRK (NO)

Lost her friend after the hantavirus: - A lot of sadness and uncertainty

Fri 20:29 - DN (SE)

The contagion has left the ship - five points about the hantavirus

Fri 22:49 - The Hill

US sending plane for Americans on hantavirus cruise ship

Sat 00:30 - The Hill

US to send charter flight for Americans on hantavirus-stricken cruise ship

Sat 00:45 - Fox News

CDC spells out next steps after Americans exposed to hantavirus on cruise ship

Sat 02:00 - Sky News (UK)

Hantavirus figures updated - as cruise ship at centre of outbreak nears the Canary Islands

Sat 04:42 - The Guardian

Evacuation of hantavirus-stricken cruise ship could face delays due to bad weather

Sat 07:42 - Al Jazeera English

Spain’s Canary Islands brace for incoming hantavirus-stricken cruise ship

Sat 08:39 - France 24

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands to evacuate passengers

Sat 12:35 - Al Jazeera English

Trump says hantavirus is ‘under control’ as WHO tracks cruise outbreak

Sat 13:41 - DW All

Hantavirus: Spain prepares to receive cruise ship

Sat 13:41 - DW Top

Hantavirus: Spain prepares to receive cruise ship

Sat 14:12 - Washington Examiner

Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for the Canary Islands

Sat 14:45 - France 24

Contact tracing begins after Hantavirus-hit cruise passengers disembarks in St. Helena

Sat 15:34 - Politico EU

EU countries prepare repatriation of hantavirus ship passengers

Sat 15:50 - Financial Times

Tenerife prepares to evacuate hantavirus cruise ship

Sat 16:01 - France 24

European nations dispatch planes to evacuate citizens from hantavirus-hit cruise ship

Sat 16:31 - The Hill

115 sick in norovirus outbreak on Florida-bound cruise ship, CDC says

Sat 16:36 - Washington Examiner

Bhattacharya urges calm over hantavirus as Americans affected are moved to 42-day isolation

Sat 16:46 - DW All

Hantavirus: WHO chief reassures Tenerife residents as Spain prepares for cruise ship's arrival

Sat 16:46 - DW Top

Hantavirus: WHO chief reassures Tenerife residents as Spain prepares for cruise ship's arrival

Sat 16:47 - Aftenposten (NO)

Everyone on board the virus ship will be monitored for 42 days

Sun 00:38 - NYT Europe

Passengers on Hantavirus Cruise Ship Will Disembark in Tenerife and Return to Home Countries

Sun 01:08 - BBC Europe

Tenerife medics poised for arrival of virus-hit cruise ship

Sun 05:35 - France 24

Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak arrives in Spain's Canary Islands

Sun 06:28 - Euronews

Hantavirus cruise ship arrives in Spain's Canary Islands

Sun 06:48 - Al Jazeera English

Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak arrives in Tenerife

Sun 07:07 - NYT Europe

Cruise Ship Linked to Hantavirus Outbreak Arrives in Spain’s Canary Islands for Disembarking

Sun 07:21 - Fox News

Cruise ship linked to deadly Hantavirus outbreak arrives off Tenerife as passenger evacuation begins

Sun 08:54 - Politico EU

Passengers begin leaving hantavirus ship at Tenerife

Sun 08:56 - France 24

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrives at Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands

Sun 09:47 - France 24

Live: Spanish passengers begin evacuating hantavirus-hit cruise ship, other nationalities to follow

Sun 09:58 - DW All

Hantavirus: Passengers evacuate off MV Hondius in Tenerife

Sun 09:58 - DW Top

Hantavirus: Passengers evacuate off MV Hondius in Tenerife

Sun 10:43 - Euronews

Watch: Passengers evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship in Tenerife

Sun 10:49 - France 24

International evacuation underway as cruise ship passengers return home

Sun 11:52 - DW All

Hantavirus: First evacuation flight leaves Tenerife

Sun 11:52 - DW Top

Hantavirus: First evacuation flight leaves Tenerife

Sun 11:52 - DW All

Hantavirus: Passengers leave Tenerife on evacuation flights

Sun 11:52 - DW Top

Hantavirus: Passengers leave Tenerife on evacuation flights

Sun 12:00 - UN News All

Passengers leave hantavirus-hit cruise ship in Tenerife as WHO says outbreak ‘not another COVID’

Sun 12:00 - UN News Global

Passengers leave hantavirus-hit cruise ship in Tenerife as WHO says outbreak ‘not another COVID’

Sun 12:14 - The Hill

Passengers disembark from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak

Sun 13:11 - Al Jazeera English

Passengers from Hantavirus-hit cruise begin disembarking ship

Sun 13:43 - Washington Examiner

Passengers disembark hantavirus-plagued cruise ship off Spain’s Canary Islands

Sun 14:29 - France 24

Passengers disembark from Hantavirus-hit cruise ship in Canary Islands

Sun 22:21 - BBC Headlines

British passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship isolating in hospital, says UKHSA

Mon 00:56 - The Guardian

Hantavirus cruise ship passengers 'remain asymptomatic' before flights home – video

Mon 04:55 - NRK (NO)

American cruise passenger tested positive for hantavirus

Mon 05:34 - Washington Examiner

US passenger aboard MV Hondius cruise ship tests positive for hantavirus

Mon 06:45 - France 24

French evacuee from hantavirus-hit ship tests positive, health minister says

Mon 08:06 - The Guardian

Hantavirus cruise ship passengers enter isolation facility after evacuation to UK

Mon 09:11 - BBC Headlines

US and French nationals test positive for hantavirus after leaving ship

Mon 09:21 - Financial Times

Two cruise ship evacuees test positive for hantavirus

Mon 09:23 - The Guardian

Evacuated US and French MV Hondius passengers test positive for hantavirus

Mon 09:30 - Al Jazeera English

Two more cruise ship passengers test positive for hantavirus

Mon 09:47 - DW All

Hantavirus: Evacuated passengers begin returning home

Mon 09:47 - DW Top

Hantavirus: Evacuated passengers begin returning home

Mon 10:15 - France 24

Hantavirus: Ship evacuations enter second day

Mon 10:45 - France 24

French passenger from hantavirus ship tests positive

Mon 10:49 - France 24

Hantavirus outbreak: US, French nationals test positive after evacuating ship

Mon 10:50 - France 24

Suspected hantavirus case triggers emergency deployment to isolated island

Mon 10:54 - Politico EU

France enforces strict measures after citizen tests positive for hantavirus

Mon 12:18 - Euronews

Where are the hantavirus-hit cruise passengers now? Countries across Europe impose quarantines

Mon 12:45 - The Hill

American on cruise ship tests positive for hantavirus as 17 arrive in Nebraska

Mon 13:06 - France 24

More confirmed hantavirus cases: The situation in France

Mon 13:09 - France 24

Hantavirus ship evacuation nears completion as 94 flown home

Mon 13:30 - Al Jazeera English

Where did the hantavirus outbreak start, and where has it spread?

Mon 14:14 - The Bulletin (BE)

Two Belgians isolating in Antwerp hospital after hantavirus outbreak on cruise

Mon 14:33 - France 24

Hantavirus: French PM Lecornu holds talks with medical advisers, ministers

Mon 14:34 - France 24

Hantavirus: France enforces strict measures after citizen tests positive

Mon 14:39 - The Hill

Hantavirus isn't the next pandemic, health officials say. Here's why

Mon 15:02 - La Libre (BE)

“Patient zero” of the hantavirus epidemic identified: this is how he would have been infected

Mon 15:21 - France 24