Tedros Takes Charge in Canary Islands as Hantavirus Cruise Evacuation Unfolds
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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Tenerife to oversee evacuations of more than 100 people from the MV Hondius amid an Andes strain hantavirus outbreak that has eight confirmed/suspected cases and three deaths; six EU and four non-EU flights are planned, Americans will be taken to a Nebraska quarantine center, and passengers will be isolated for 42 days from last exposure, with officials stressing the local risk remains low and that this is not COVID.
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