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Dozens Dead or Missing as Refugee Boat Drifts off Mauritania
world1 month ago

Dozens Dead or Missing as Refugee Boat Drifts off Mauritania

UNHCR says at least 143 refugees and migrants are dead or missing from a single boat off Mauritania after 25 days adrift; 387 people were rescued from other boats between July 14–18; the vessel left The Gambia and arrived at Nouadhibou with 38 survivors and bodies on board, including two children who lost their families; another death occurred on a vessel that disembarked July 14; Mauritania's coastguard says 122 are missing; the dead were from sub-Saharan states; the route to the Canary Islands is among the deadliest, and EU crackdowns have driven departures to longer, riskier journeys down the coast.

via Al Jazeera|
#canary-islands#mauritania#migration
Nebraska frees eight Americans after 6-week hantavirus quarantine tied to Canary Islands cruise
health2 months ago

Nebraska frees eight Americans after 6-week hantavirus quarantine tied to Canary Islands cruise

Eight Americans released from a 42‑day quarantine in Omaha after exposure to a hantavirus outbreak on a Canary Islands cruise, a detention that drew criticism as overreach even as officials said it protected public health. The final eight were freed after authorities, including HHS under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., overrode CDC guidance for self-quarantine; none of the Nebraskan group reportedly contracted the virus, while other evacuees faced fatalities and illnesses on the ship.

via The Guardian|
#canary-islands#hantavirus#health
Spain lends private jet to pope after papal flight is grounded
world2 months ago

Spain lends private jet to pope after papal flight is grounded

Pope Leo XIV’s return flight from his Spain visit was grounded by a technical issue in Tenerife. The King of Spain offered his private Falcon 900B to ferry the pope back to Rome, ending a trip that drew huge crowds, included a parliament address, and featured migrant outreach in the Canary Islands and private meetings with abuse survivors. Reporters traveling with the pope waited for another plane as he enjoyed a relaxed moment in flight ahead of his return.

via CNN|
#canary-islands#migrants#pope-leo-xiv
Hantavirus-exposed cruise passengers may go home under 24/7 outside monitoring
health2 months ago

Hantavirus-exposed cruise passengers may go home under 24/7 outside monitoring

U.S. officials say 18 Americans exposed to Andes hantavirus from the MV Hondius can return home as early as this week, but states must post a full‑time monitor outside each home for the final three weeks of a 42‑day quarantine. New York has balked at allowing passengers to return home under this rule. The travelers—quarantined at Nebraska’s National Quarantine Unit after 13 cases and 3 deaths linked to the cruise—would finish the quarantine at home rather than the facility, a plan officials say was decided at the highest levels to protect communities, though some critics call it excessive.

via CNN|
#canary-islands#cdc#hantavirus
Gottlieb: hantavirus risk low, FDA turmoil looms, antidepressant debate
health3 months ago

Gottlieb: hantavirus risk low, FDA turmoil looms, antidepressant debate

In a May 10 interview on Face the Nation, former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb says the hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship presents low transmission risk but could yield additional cases as repatriations continue and the incubation window plays out; he criticizes ongoing leadership turnover and staff losses at the FDA, defends the continued use of antidepressants when properly prescribed and warns against abrupt stopping, and rejects ivermectin as an effective treatment while urging reliance on medical guidance.

via CBS News|
#antidepressants#canary-islands#fda
Hantavirus cases climb on cruise ship as evacuations proceed
health3 months ago

Hantavirus cases climb on cruise ship as evacuations proceed

Two more passengers aboard the MV Hondius test positive for hantavirus, bringing confirmed cases to 10 as evacuation and repatriation efforts continue from the Canary Islands. French and American evacuees are being assessed; WHO notes deaths in the outbreak and recommends a 42‑day quarantine, while officials stress the public risk remains low.

via Al Jazeera|
#canary-islands#cruise-ship-outbreak#hantavirus
Hantavirus Alert as Cruise Evacuation Yields Two Positive Tests
world-news3 months ago

Hantavirus Alert as Cruise Evacuation Yields Two Positive Tests

Two passengers—one French, one American—on the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius tested positive after evacuation from Tenerife; authorities say more than 140 aboard show no symptoms, evacuees and port workers wore protective gear, and planes ferried patients to Madrid and Paris, with further arrivals continuing to Manchester and U.S. quarantine at Nebraska.

via AP News|
#canary-islands#cruise-ship#evacuation
Europol-led sting cripples transatlantic cocaine routes
world3 months ago

Europol-led sting cripples transatlantic cocaine routes

A two‑week international operation coordinated by Europol disrupted a major cocaine trafficking network moving drugs from Latin America to Europe. Authorities seized over 12 tons of cocaine and about 9.5 tons of hashish, intercepted eight vessels, and arrested 54 people. The effort highlights evolving, offshore multi‑stage transfers in the Atlantic to evade major ports, with focus on the area between the Canary Islands and the Azores, termed the so‑called cocaine highway.

via CBS News|
#atlantic-ocean#canary-islands#cocaine
Symptomatic hantavirus case surfaces amid Hondius evacuation
world3 months ago

Symptomatic hantavirus case surfaces amid Hondius evacuation

A French evacuee from the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius developed symptoms during the flight home, prompting strict isolation of all five French passengers on the flight. Evacuations from Tenerife continue to move passengers to separate flights to Spain, France, Canada, the Netherlands, the U.K., Ireland and Turkey, with US and Australian flights pending. Across the outbreak, six people have contracted hantavirus and three have died; health authorities say the public risk remains low. The CDC has dispatched teams to the Canary Islands and Nebraska to monitor returning travelers and manage potential imported cases.

via Yahoo|
#canary-islands#evacuation#hantavirus
Hantavirus Outbreak Triggers Global Evacuation of Cruise Ship Hondius in Canary Islands
world3 months ago

Hantavirus Outbreak Triggers Global Evacuation of Cruise Ship Hondius in Canary Islands

Passengers aboard the MV Hondius began disembarking in Tenerife as authorities evacuate nearly 150 people after a hantavirus outbreak tied to the ship, with at least nine confirmed or suspected cases and three deaths. Evacuation is staged by country, with U.S. travelers repatriated to Nebraska for isolation, while WHO and CDC coordinate risk assessments; officials say the overall risk to the public is low and the outbreak’s source remains under investigation.

via CBS News|
#canary-islands#cruise-ship-hondius#evacuation
Hantavirus-linked Hondius docks in Tenerife as nations coordinate repatriation
world3 months ago

Hantavirus-linked Hondius docks in Tenerife as nations coordinate repatriation

The hantavirus-linked cruise ship MV Hondius arrived at Tenerife’s Port of Granadilla for a carefully managed repatriation of its 147 passengers, with U.S. travelers to be transported to the University of Nebraska Medical Center for quarantine and others evacuated to their home countries or national facilities after testing; the ship will later go to Rotterdam for disinfection, while authorities stress the public risk remains low despite several linked deaths.

via CNN|
#canary-islands#hantavirus#hondius