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(MENAFN) France has placed eight individuals under strict hospital quarantine in Paris following their return from the hantavirus-stricken expedition vessel MV Hondius, a broadcaster reported Wednesday, as authorities moved swiftly amid an...

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(MENAFN) The Spanish government is weighing bold new measures to shield independent bookstores from the dominance of online retail giants, Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun announced Thursday — including a mandate that would force major e-commerce...

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(MENAFN) Spain’s key refining companies have indicated that aviation fuel availability is assured through May, though they caution that supply pressures could emerge later in the summer if tensions involving Iran persist, according to reports....

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(MENAFN) World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus moved to calm public anxiety Saturday, assuring residents of the Spanish island of Tenerife that the health risk was contained as the cruise ship MV Hondius —...

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(MENAFN) The United States has begun repatriating 17 American nationals from a cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

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(MENAFN) A French passenger who was evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius developed symptoms while being transported on a repatriation flight on Sunday, amid an ongoing hantavirus incident linked to the vessel, where three fatalities have been...

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(MENAFN) A cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak arrived off Spain's Tenerife Island early Sunday, triggering a large-scale medical evacuation as authorities raced to screen 150 passengers and crew before dispersing them to...

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(MENAFN) A cruise ship linked to a hantavirus outbreak has arrived near Spain’s Tenerife Island, where evacuation and medical screening operations are now underway, according to media reports early Sunday.

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(MENAFN) A cruise ship impacted by a hantavirus outbreak has arrived near Spain’s Tenerife Island, where authorities are beginning procedures to remove passengers and crew members before sending them back to their respective countries, according...

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(MENAFN) The remaining evacuation flights for passengers aboard a cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak near Spain’s Tenerife are scheduled to depart on Monday afternoon, according to Spanish health authorities.

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(MENAFN) The last two evacuation flights for passengers aboard a cruise ship affected by a deadly outbreak of Hantavirus were set to depart on Monday afternoon, following the vessel’s docking near the Spanish island of Tenerife, according to...

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(MENAFN) The United States has begun repatriating American passengers from a cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak, according to the Department of Health and Human Services, as reported on Sunday.

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(MENAFN) The US government has launched the repatriation of 17 American citizens stranded aboard a cruise ship struck by a hantavirus outbreak, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Sunday.

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(MENAFN) France has confirmed its first case of Hantavirus connected to an outbreak on the cruise vessel MV Hondius, following the repatriation of passengers from Spain’s Canary Islands, according to the country’s health authorities.

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(MENAFN) A French national evacuated from the Dutch expedition vessel MV Hondius has shown symptoms consistent with infection during a repatriation flight, following a hantavirus outbreak aboard the ship that has already resulted in multiple...

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(MENAFN) The head of the World Health Organization has moved to calm public concerns after a cruise ship linked to a hantavirus outbreak approached Spain’s Tenerife, stressing that the situation does not resemble another global pandemic scenario...

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(MENAFN) US health authorities are racing to contain a rare and deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, mobilizing emergency personnel and arranging repatriation flights as infected American passengers brace for weeks of...

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(MENAFN) Newly released footage shows the captain of a cruise ship reassuring passengers after an onboard death, which later became part of a confirmed hantavirus outbreak investigation, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) France has confirmed its first case of hantavirus linked to an outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, according to the country’s health authorities.

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(MENAFN) France has confirmed its first case of hantavirus connected to an outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, following the repatriation of passengers from Spain’s Canary Islands, according to health authorities.