Overview
- WHO, which on Tuesday reported 11 linked cases (nine confirmed) and three deaths, said more infections are likely because of shipboard exposure and a long incubation period.
- Following Sunday–Monday evacuations in Tenerife, passengers and most crew were repatriated in controlled transfers and the MV Hondius is sailing to the Netherlands for disinfection.
- The U.S. airlifted 18 Americans from Tenerife on May 10, with 16 monitored in Omaha and two in Atlanta, including one lab-confirmed case, as officials emphasized that public risk remains very low.
- A French passenger evacuated from the ship is in critical condition in Paris and is receiving artificial-lung support, according to Bichat Hospital.
- Radboud University Medical Centre in the Netherlands quarantined 12 staff for six weeks after a sample-handling lapse involving a Hondius patient, while stating the chance of infection is low.