Hantavirus ship heads to Netherlands after passengers flown home

GRANADILLA DE ABONA, Spain — A cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak left Spain’s Canary Islands bound for the Netherlands on Monday, after the last passengers on board disembarked and were flown home to quarantine. Three people died after the rare virus that usually spreads among rodents was detected on board the MV Hondius, sparking a global health scare. No vaccines or specific treatments exist for the virus but health officials have insisted the risk to the public was low and dismissed comparisons to the Covid-19 pandemic. READ: Plane with UK citizens from hantavirus ship lands in Manchester […]... Keep on reading: Hantavirus ship heads to Netherlands after passengers flown home

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