Overview
- WHO, which on Tuesday put the tally at 11 cases including three deaths, said all confirmed infections are among MV Hondius passengers or crew.
- Spain confirmed a new case in a passenger quarantined in a Madrid military hospital, and France said a repatriated woman who tested positive is in intensive care.
- The multinational airlift wrapped up Monday with final flights to the Netherlands, capping an operation that moved about 94 people to roughly 20 countries for quarantine.
- U.S. authorities said 18 evacuees were flown home Monday for up to 42 days of monitoring, with one patient in a Nebraska biocontainment unit and two under assessment in Atlanta.
- The ship is sailing to the Netherlands for disinfection as investigators probe where exposure began, with WHO noting the Andes strain spreads mainly from rodents and only rarely between people after prolonged close contact.