Irish evacuees return from hantavirus-hit cruise and enter quarantine
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Two Irish citizens evacuated from the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius have landed in Dublin and will be placed in a 42‑day isolation in an HSE facility under ECDC/WHO guidance, as authorities coordinate repatriation and monitoring for exposed passengers; other evacuees, including Britons, are also being flown home with similar containment measures amid the outbreak that has caused several deaths.
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- MV Hondius docks in Tenerife, Canary Islands; passengers disembark ship hit by hantavirus CNN
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