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Hantavirus-hit ship docks in Spain’s Canary Islands

Cruise ship hantavirus outbreak 'not the start of an epidemic': WHO
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The cruise ship at the centre of international alarm over a deadly hantavirus outbreak docked at the Spanish island of Tenerife on Monday due to weather conditions, AFP footage showed.

The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius was attached to moorings at the small industrial port of Granadilla, delaying the final evacuations and modifying an original plan to keep it anchored offshore for safety reasons.

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