Overview
- The WHO said Wednesday it evacuated three of the sickest people from the MV Hondius in Cabo Verde to hospitals in Europe.
- Spain’s health ministry approved a Tenerife docking within days for health checks and repatriation, as the Canary Islands government voiced opposition.
- Labs in South Africa and Switzerland confirmed the Andes hantavirus in linked cases, a strain that can spread person to person only with very close, prolonged contact.
- About 147 to 149 people of 23 nationalities remain on board, most without symptoms, and plans call for foreigners to fly home and 14 Spaniards to quarantine in a Madrid hospital.
- Investigators continue sequencing and contact tracing, including passengers on a St Helena–Johannesburg flight, after three deaths tied to the voyage triggered the international response.