Overview
- The MV Hondius, which arrived off Tenerife on Sunday, started evacuations that flew 94 people home with more flights set for Monday.
- WHO counts six confirmed infections out of eight cases and three deaths linked to the cruise, all involving the Andes hantavirus strain.
- Passengers are moved by small boats to sealed buses and then to nationality-based flights, with Spanish citizens quarantined at a military hospital.
- Seventeen Americans are headed to the University of Nebraska Medical Center for assessment and 42 days of monitoring under CDC plans.
- After repatriations, about 30 crew and a deceased passenger’s body will remain aboard as the ship sails to the Netherlands for disinfection.