Canadians onboard hantavirus cruise ship set to disembark - BERITAJA

Canadians connected committee the hantavirus-stricken cruise vessel will soon statesman disembarking after the alloy docked this greeting astatine the larboard metropolis of Tenerife.

The MV Hondius arrived conscionable aft 6 a.m., section time, successful the Canary Islands, Spain.

The ship’s owner, Oceanwide Expeditions, has said that respective world groups, including the World Health Organization, will surface the 4 Canadians and about 130 different asymptomatic passengers.

Global Affairs Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada person not yet commented connected the disembarkment aliases adjacent steps for the Canadian travellers.

Several Canadians person been linked to the hantavirus outbreak, which deed the vessel during its voyage from Argentina to Antarctica sometime aft April 1, pursuing respective stops astatine isolated islands successful the South Atlantic.

Three non-Canadian passengers person died, and 5 others, who person already near the ship, are infected pinch hantavirus.